[HN Gopher] Any amount of alcohol consumption harmful to the bra...
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       Any amount of alcohol consumption harmful to the brain, finds study
        
       Author : Anilm3
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2021-05-18 21:52 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.theguardian.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theguardian.com)
        
       | aljungberg wrote:
       | The news article makes it sound like causation has been
       | determined beyond a doubt but the actual study abstract does not
       | detail why the authors think this. Is it impossible to imagine
       | that more brain "damage" leads to more drinking in some cases?
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       | Also not clear is the selection criteria. Are these people who
       | were going to have an MRI and incidentally were offered a chance
       | to participate in this study? In that case it could have biased
       | the sample - there could be a large group of people drinking
       | alcohol and being just fine but they wouldn't be seen in this
       | study for the very reason that they are doing fine and so aren't
       | in the market for MRIs.
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       | Certainly the presented hypothesis could be true but the article
       | would be more convincing if it was more critical of its source
       | material.
        
       | sdfhbdf wrote:
       | Is it that the illegal marijuana is safer than the legal alcohol?
       | And the only thing keeping Alcohol in this framework is
       | tradition?
        
         | smackeyacky wrote:
         | They have very different effects in different time frames, it's
         | not like you could simply swap in marijuana and swap out
         | alcohol for most people.
        
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