#Latest news with #marijuanalegalizationWall Street Journal2 days agoPoliticsWall Street JournalOverregulation Isn't What's Wrong With PotAdvocates of marijuana legalization have long played fast and loose with numbers. Jeffrey Singer's letter 'The Blunt Truth About States Subsidizing Pot' (June 7) is a case in point. Consider, first, that Mr. Singer dismisses the National Survey on Drug Use and Health—a long-form survey of nearly 70,000 subjects for which participants are compensated—because it relies on 'voluntary self-reporting.' He evidently prefers a much smaller cohort study from Canada that also relies on voluntary self-reporting. Why? Presumably because it found results he prefers.
Wall Street Journal2 days agoPoliticsWall Street JournalOverregulation Isn't What's Wrong With PotAdvocates of marijuana legalization have long played fast and loose with numbers. Jeffrey Singer's letter 'The Blunt Truth About States Subsidizing Pot' (June 7) is a case in point. Consider, first, that Mr. Singer dismisses the National Survey on Drug Use and Health—a long-form survey of nearly 70,000 subjects for which participants are compensated—because it relies on 'voluntary self-reporting.' He evidently prefers a much smaller cohort study from Canada that also relies on voluntary self-reporting. Why? Presumably because it found results he prefers.
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