Cannabis use associated with quadrupled risk of developing type 2 diabetes
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-09-cannabis-quadrupled-diabetes-million-adults.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-09-cannabis-quadrupled-diabetes-million-adults.html
13 Comments
darkdemize@sh.itjust.works · 48 pts · 342d
Those munchies are a bitch sometimes.
whiwake@lemmy.cafe · 26 pts · 342d
Yeah I think THAT is the cause more than the weed.
Fandangalo@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 342d
Yeah, this feels like correlation vs. causation. I don’t doubt the figures, though.
Morganica@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 342d
Now add poverty as a variable and see if it’s a confounding factor.
DarkCloud@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 342d
Poor people hardly ever die on luxury yatchs. Going barefoot is associated with a greater potential for foot injuries. Reading on a screen more is associated with eye strain.
Anyone can make up these claims, it doesn't make them medically causal facts, and the people involved in this paper should be embarrassed and suffer some loss of credibility.
Authors who use behavioral correlations as the basis of their studies are more likely to lose credibility.
LodeMike@lemmy.today · 0 pts · 339d
FFS this is a study. Its not trying to be clickbait, or lie to you. If its ethos is that it's just a correlation, then it's just a correlation. Would you rather not publish it?
thann@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 342d
Scientists discover munchies
neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 342d
When you smoke out, you really want a sugar and carb rush.
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 342d
Correlation is not causation
Nougat@fedia.io · 1 pts · 342d
Huh. I was the other way around.
Tikiporch@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 342d
Developing type 2 diabetes increased risk of cannabis use?
Nougat@fedia.io · 1 pts · 342d
Apparently.
LodeMike@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 342d
This study truly is an association. It measures US and UK adults. You literally should take this at face value. However face value is just what's in the headline.