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hlthe2b

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5. I said it is a flawed analysis. Not that the Lancet is garbage
Mon Aug 21, 2023, 09:14 PM
Aug 2023

And I have the digital copy of paper right here, thank you very much. Meta analyses are especially prone to comparison of apples and oranges--especially without a clearly defined outcome that is consistent across all studies. And "Cannabis Use Disorder" is a classification that includes a lot of "lumping."

And yes, the epidemiological adage that "garbage in (in terms of inputs) = Garbage out (in terms of results) does apply.

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