[mugs99]

There's my link to support my statement. Please provide a link supporting yours.

SAMHSA's misleading interpretation of the 2001 DAWN Survey

"In fact, the data does not support Mr. Walters' overtly misleading interpretation in which he equates the mere mention of marijuana in the emergency room record with marijuana being the cause of the emergency room visit, and the further equation of an emergency room visit with an emergency.

The mention of marijuana in the course of an emergency room visit is not the same thing as a “marijuana-related medical emergency,” nor does every emergency room visit represent a “medical emergency” And if the marijuana mentioned was in fact incidental to the real cause of the visit, then Mr. Thompson's conclusions regarding the cost to society of marijuana use are just so much misleading and unscientific blather."

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[Mojave]

The mention of marijuana in the course of an emergency room visit

What a pathetic attempt at a reply. Abuse treatment admissions are more than a "mention".

"Between 1992 and 2002, adolescent substance abuse treatment admissions reporting marijuana..."

[robertpaulsen]

"In this document, SAMHSA makes statistically unjustifiable and misleading leaps from “emergency room mentions” to causality."

It does not. Throughout the report, SAMHSA refers to "marijuana mentions" and "marijuana-related". The report doesn't say "marijuana induced" or "caused by marijuana". This guy has got an agenda.

Do you consider this to be an unbiased source? He really doesn't provide anything specific -- just suppositions.

[Phantom Patriot]

"In fact, the data does not support Mr. Walters' overtly misleading interpretation in which he equates the mere mention of marijuana in the emergency room record with marijuana being the cause of the emergency room visit, and the further equation of an emergency room visit with an emergency.

Perhaps that was just being honest, since they ask you and you are there for a medical problem. Wouldn't it be nice to know the Doc wont be giving you something that would do you harm if mixed. I give up. NOT!