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Writes stuff, something new coming. Bylines all over the place. Science, climate, politics, etc. Author: NOT A SCIENTIST (WW Norton, 2017)

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    1. Dave Levitan‏Verified account @davelevitan 8 Jan 2019

      By the way, if anyone has institutional access to this study so I don’t have to pay 40 bucks to find out how Gladwell has misrepresented it, I would greatly appreciate that. http://www.psychiatrist.com/jcp/article/pages/2013/v74n01/v74n0115.aspx …

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    2. Dave Levitan‏Verified account @davelevitan 8 Jan 2019

      O RLY?? The message of THIS book, presumably that began with the working title REEFER MADNESS REBORN, is that we aren’t “in a position” to make any major claims about a complicated topic??????pic.twitter.com/5NxSgJUJn6

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    3. Dave Levitan‏Verified account @davelevitan 8 Jan 2019

      Aaaand, the piece ends with a bizarre pivot to e-cigarettes and a delicious-sounding menu of edibles at a store in Massachusetts. I’m glad we did this.

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    4. Dave Levitan‏Verified account @davelevitan 8 Jan 2019

      I don’t know what the point of this piece is. If it really is “we lack good data on pot,” okay, fine. But why all the fear-mongering stat manipulation then? I could write an equivalent article with essentially opposite conclusions on its danger/benefit. That’d be dumb too.

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    5. Dave Levitan‏Verified account @davelevitan 8 Jan 2019

      Whew, okay, back to the study I couldn’t find. Here’s how Gladwell characterizes its findings, about marijuana/alcohol use and aggression. He seems to have used the exact language from Berenson’s book, which… isn’t right.pic.twitter.com/ofIxy9W8SE

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    6. Dave Levitan‏Verified account @davelevitan 8 Jan 2019

      The study itself correlated recent (<30 days) substance use with getting into more than 1 fight in the last 12 months. Getting into a fight is NOT the same as being “physically aggressive.” The study does use that language, but its actual data focuses on fights.

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    7. Dave Levitan‏Verified account @davelevitan 8 Jan 2019

      The Gladwell version ignores social context. Much like with supposed gateway drug effects, the act of buying weed can put one in situations where things like fights might be more likely — that’s not an effect of the drug itself, and in fact is an argument for legalization.

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    8. Dave Levitan‏Verified account @davelevitan 8 Jan 2019

      Also, further context to that study: of more than 12,000 high school students surveyed, almost 35% were involved in at least one fight over the past 12 months — and more than half of those had not used either alcohol or marijuana. So.

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    9. Dave Levitan‏Verified account @davelevitan 8 Jan 2019

      Also, my god Gladwell! Read the goddamn study! He clearly just read Berenson’s work and did no actual research of his own. Below are Gladwell version, Berenson version, and the study’s ACTUAL hypothesis. “Not associated” is NOT THE SAME THING as “predict the opposite”!pic.twitter.com/1JeNQ36bVq

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    10. Dave Levitan‏Verified account @davelevitan 8 Jan 2019

      Considering starting a newsletter where all I do is dunk on something like this every time. I find it both infuriating and soothing.

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      Dave Levitan‏Verified account @davelevitan 9 Jan 2019

      I can’t get over how bad this tweet is.pic.twitter.com/WYTMXx9HpS

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        1. Janet Burns‏ @warmlyburns 9 Jan 2019
          Replying to @davelevitan

          WOW. thanks for keeping us pot-habitters honest, Mal.

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        1. LJ Breedlove‏ @LJBreedlove 9 Jan 2019
          Replying to @davelevitan

          I’m an old woman. I don’t have a pot ‘habit’ - I use a pot brownie to sleep bc of health issues. Safer than ambien. Sigh. That tweet alone told me what I needed to know abt the article. Refer Madness Redux. Thanks for the in-depth dive so I don’t have to.

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        2. Ruth Taylor‏ @Ruthst2 9 Jan 2019
          Replying to @davelevitan

          Oh. so my chronic-pain suffering friend who avoids opiod addicition, drunkenness and possibly arrest by sucking a gummy bear will definitely enjoy being scolded about his "habit."

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        3. Not Remotely Amy Adams‏ @DarrinLRogers 9 Jan 2019
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          According to Gladwell he's destined to transform into a high schooler who gets into fights.

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        1. Noah Schulz  🌹‏ @neschulz 9 Jan 2019
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          But it probably would have taken him like 10,000 HOURS to review the primary research!

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        2. Les Blazemore‏ @LesBlazemore 9 Jan 2019
          Replying to @davelevitan

          I just did a much less involved check of Berenson's op-ed here, the Finland stats (so weird wtf use Finland) are quite similar in nature to using California State incarceration figures when arguing about national incarceration of marijuana users

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        3. Les Blazemore‏ @LesBlazemore 9 Jan 2019
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          Um yeahhttps://twitter.com/LesBlazemore/status/1081662801062563840 …

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          More garbage from NYT, this piece has so many logical holes that its really incredible that it was published at all https://nyti.ms/2Rw2ngF 
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        2. Thread Reader App‏ @threadreaderapp 9 Jan 2019
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          Hi! you can read it here: Thread by @davelevitan: "Hey sure, I’ll join the pile-on as I read Gladwell’s big pot story (http://newyorker.com/magazine/2019/ …). I’m two paragraphs i […]" https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1082668393512267776.html … Share this if you think it's interesting. 🤖

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        2. Thread Reader App‏ @threadreaderapp 9 Jan 2019
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          Hello, you can read it here: Thread by @davelevitan: "Hey sure, I’ll join the pile-on as I read Gladwell’s big pot story (http://newyorker.com/magazine/2019/ …). I’m two paragraphs i […]" https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1082668393512267776.html … See you soon. 🤖

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