Kellie Powell (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} wednesdayview) wrote,@ 2008-05-09 09:11:00 |
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Sad people sometimes experiment with drugs. Shocking!
"A teen who has been depressed at some point in the past year is more than twice as likely to have used marijuana as teens who have not reported being depressed — 25 percent compared with 12 percent, said the report by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy."
-- Feds: Teen use of pot can lead to dependency, mental illness
This is what I like to call ASS-BACKWARDS REASONING. They use this data to say that marijuana use causes depression, when in fact, doesn't it make more sense for depression to cause drug use?
I was in therapy when I was eight. I was suicial at eleven. I was diagnosed clinically depressed at twelve. I first tried pot when I was eighteen. I doubt my experience is unique.
I'm sure my old prof Pete at Drug War Rant will be all over this in no time.
Some of my favorite recent DWR posts:
- Veteran suicides may exceed battlefield deaths
- News flash: war on drugs is still racist
- "Soccer mom" reporter braves clouds of pot smoke
- Drug war lies and the liars that tell them
"A teen who has been depressed at some point in the past year is more than twice as likely to have used marijuana as teens who have not reported being depressed — 25 percent compared with 12 percent, said the report by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy."
-- Feds: Teen use of pot can lead to dependency, mental illness
This is what I like to call ASS-BACKWARDS REASONING. They use this data to say that marijuana use causes depression, when in fact, doesn't it make more sense for depression to cause drug use?
I was in therapy when I was eight. I was suicial at eleven. I was diagnosed clinically depressed at twelve. I first tried pot when I was eighteen. I doubt my experience is unique.
I'm sure my old prof Pete at Drug War Rant will be all over this in no time.
Some of my favorite recent DWR posts:
- Veteran suicides may exceed battlefield deaths
- News flash: war on drugs is still racist
- "Soccer mom" reporter braves clouds of pot smoke
- Drug war lies and the liars that tell them
