Nancy You make a very valid point. His original position does not reflect good critical thinking either. If all he is saying is that he wants to be more open minded, and to suggest that his earlier position was ill supported, then I'd agree with him. :) Certainly it hasn't as you point out, done the population-wide damage of tobacco or ethanol (both of which also have research showing positive effects in some ways- e.g., protection from Parkinson's and beneficial stress reduction effects of moderate use, respectively). :) Clearly one could not come out in blanket approval of nicotine based on Parkinson's given the population effects of cancer and heart disease. (I should stop- I'm starting to ramble as I try to get out the door to get a new lap-top). :) Everyone have a great Monday evening. Tim
_______________________________ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chairperson, Department of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: [email protected] teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and systems "You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." Dorothy Parker From: drnanjo [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 2:05 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Sanjay Gupta on "Why I changed my mind on weed" Perhaps this was not the best way to present his contribution to what should be a sea-change (or a "seaweed" change perhaps) on drug policy as it related to cannabis. Like any drug it has harmful effects. In pure health terms, the best recreational drug is no recreational drug (I'd argue this for most therapeutic pharmaceuticals also also but that's for a different day.) However it's pretty clear that cannabis' effects do not come even close in terms of damage done to the social and physical cost of alcohol and tobacco. The time has come to stop wasting limited criminal justice resources on this (comparatively) benign substance. I wish he had just said that instead of trying to couch it in such proof surrogate - y terms. Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College Long Beach and Anywhere USA --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=26996 or send a blank email to leave-26996-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
