Article on the biases of research on medical marijuana

[kestrell]

The article is in part an opinion piece by Dr. Sajay Gupta, a popular scientist, but it's also a fascinating examination of how scientific research can contain biases which have a really big impact on attitudes not only in the public, but in doctors themselves.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/08/health/gupta-changed-mind-marijuana/

Comments

[siderea]

I'm down with that fantasy. In reality: "Nurse, take the empathic pain reading and log it in the chart." Which, considering nurses' sometimes lack of empathy about pain meds, is not wholly a wash, but still.