• RedditWanderer@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Why read the article when the title will suffice?

    “While our study did not differentiate between methods of cannabis consumption, cannabis is most commonly consumed by smoking,” Kokot said in an email. “The association we found likely pertains mainly to smoked cannabis.”

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      … that’s my point. The study they released doesn’t differentiate even though the researchers acknowledge that fact. Although I have no scientific basis to back my assumption, it seems fairly intuitive that smoking cannabis would pose a higher risk of cancer than not smoking it. The study, as presented in the article, makes it sound like simply consuming cannabis in any manner increases that risk.

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        3 months ago

        The study used insurance data to look at the association of cannabis use disorder with head and neck cancers

        It’s not like the asked all these people in a custom designed study, and intentionally left out the consumption method. The study isn’t “making it sound” like anything, they’re pointing at a statistic.

        Edit: it’s insurance data not medical data

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          intentionally left out the consumption method.

          So, since they admit most the participants smoke it, they’re not studying the impact of “marijuana use” they’re studying the impact of “smoking marijuana”.

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            Yes, he literally admits it’s likely mostly the impact of “smoking marijuana”, because that’s what most people that fit the “canabis disorder” description seemingly do. Sadly, the study doesn’t have the data if they smoke it or ate it, because it’s insurance data not medical data. It would be more disingenuous to make the claim this is studying smokers. Any sane person reading this data isn’t trying to draw conclusions that aren’t there.