tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post63198178824952528..comments2023-09-20T11:15:28.673+01:00Comments on Transform Drug Policy Foundation Blog: Is this the most pointless drug research ever?janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15263261726046054614noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-41734652558246140422007-06-04T14:43:00.000+01:002007-06-04T14:43:00.000+01:00It wasnt this part of the research which is found ...It wasnt this part of the research which is found interesting, I'm inclined to agree it doesnt really tell us anything.<BR/><BR/>They also found that about 2kg of cocaine washes out of Rome in the Polka (is that its name?) river every week. Surely that shows that the 'drug war' is failing pretty badly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-81211749769399913122007-06-04T13:06:00.000+01:002007-06-04T13:06:00.000+01:00fine about pollution monitoring, but they suggest ...fine about pollution monitoring, but they suggest that this research has wider implications re drug policy and public helath, which is doesnt. The reporting has alot to answer for.Steve Rolleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487781869462634203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-64090090792902014972007-06-04T12:38:00.000+01:002007-06-04T12:38:00.000+01:00I suspect this was part of a programme to monitor ...I suspect this was part of a programme to monitor atmospheric pollutants in order to comply with EU regulations on airborne particles; so that's the point. The published findings look like cherry picked data, (admittedly by the scientists concerned)and are in themselves pretty meaningless but it doesn't mean that their activity, (ie improvement in pollution monitoring systems)is also pointless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-64672766313340762942007-06-03T12:07:00.000+01:002007-06-03T12:07:00.000+01:00serious and peer reviewed doesnt mean it has a poi...serious and peer reviewed doesnt mean it has a point. What possible utility for the research is there? a user survey will tell you lot more about drug use than something like this. dont be daft. <BR/><BR/>there is the clear implication in the story that they have <BR/>1. discovered something new or interesting, (eg - students use drugs sometimes)<BR/>2. exposed a potential health threat<BR/><BR/>neither of which are the case.Steve Rolleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487781869462634203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-73515839862384356872007-06-03T10:28:00.000+01:002007-06-03T10:28:00.000+01:00This was a serious piece of research published in ...This was a serious piece of research published in a peer-reviewed journal.<BR/><BR/>You may not feel it suits your campaign to have scientists intruding into the field - but I'm afraid you're rather too quick to condemn.<BR/><BR/>The journos who got hold of this may seem to be concocting a 'scare' - but I'm afraid you don't seem to have a better grasp of the subject than they do.<BR/><BR/>http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/114275599/ABSTRACTDeanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03310394564421749181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-43763636277963753692007-06-02T10:32:00.000+01:002007-06-02T10:32:00.000+01:00its really just a variation of the 'we found cocai...its really just a variation of the 'we found cocaine on the toilets in ******* (insert shocking location: police statio/school/convent/etc)' school of crap journalism. If this is some revolutionary sniffing device fine, i want to hear about it, but they talk about some essentially meaningless results - people take drugs shock - then try to concoct a scare from it, where there clearly is none.Steve Rolleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487781869462634203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-81723427732819345002007-06-02T01:07:00.000+01:002007-06-02T01:07:00.000+01:00well, what is it's point?well, what is it's point?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-54238537969480652622007-06-01T23:12:00.000+01:002007-06-01T23:12:00.000+01:00Stupid news item maybe - but you're rather quick t...Stupid news item maybe - but you're rather quick to condemn a piece of research as 'pointless on that basis..Deanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03310394564421749181noreply@blogger.com