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https://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2019/07/christian-lawmaker-fabricates-study-to-deny-medical-marijuana-for-ptsd-survivors/Liar for Jesus: Texas Senator Donna Campbell successfully argued against including survivors of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a medical marijuana bill by fabricating data from a non-existent study.
According to reports, Campbell made the claim that a scientific study had found a correlation between veteran suicide and marijuana use. However, no such study exists, and her claim was false. Yet by manipulating her colleagues with her false data, Campbell was able to deny patients with PTSD access to medical marijuana.
During a debate in the Texas Senate over the medical marijuana legislation, Campbell argued against including PTSD in the bill. She justified her opposition by making the following claim:
A study was done, a post-mortem, so a retrospective study done, looking at autopsies and drug levels, what drugs were in the blood of veterans that committed suicide, and 70 percent had THC.
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mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)stopbush
(24,398 posts)Nature Man
(869 posts)Locrian
(4,522 posts)too many are simply death cults
Nothing in *this* world matters - you just have to please your sky god or you're punished with eternal torture.
And we wonder why they support fascist authoritarians....
So FUCK that
stopbush
(24,398 posts)our feet and look at our toes while deferring to religious belief as if it has the same standing as fact.
I dont care if youre a nut, a moderate or an almost-never religionist, you are embracing make believe and trying at some level to force it on others. You are also embracing self-loathing as an acceptable view of your own humanity.
As far as the but religion cares for the poor etc - give me a break. If you are so out of touch with your own humanity that you need the threat of hellfire to do the right thing, then I pity you.
hey a lilttle humor at the expense of the religeous.....
Celerity
(43,752 posts)Amazing that so many otherwise rational people fall for the biggest, oldest and most deadly fairy tale con ever.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)stopbush
(24,398 posts)A good hearty lie for the sake of the good and for the Christian Church, a lie in case of necessity, a useful lie, would not be against God."
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)Liberal In Texas
(13,613 posts)Because it seems to be one of their tenets along with "Do As I Say, Not As I Do."
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,508 posts)Frauds. Wish they would stop trying to get thier bullshit codified into laws,fuck they're dominionist fucking fantasies.
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,382 posts)Huh...who would have thunk it?
A right wing nut job doctor that makes up studies so no one can get high!
Shes 65 years old and was raised in Oklahoma, her father was in the Navy and later as Highway Patrolman.
No wonder she never got stoned.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)labelled Christ-Fascists just so we can easily identify them and avoid doing harm to gentle persons.