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Again, welcome!  --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 22:10, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Keep up the good work. Chillum 02:55, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Drug urban legends

Hi, thanks for some of the info at this article. You seem to know a lot on this subject. I'm wondering though about some of the urban legends you're adding... they seem so far fetched that I wonder if they are really that wide spread or known. For example, do a lot of people really think you have to add LSD to shrooms, or confuse the OJ glass legend for milk? One thing we have to be is careful of not actually making a super minor local tale into a more widespread one. Wikipedia is meant to report what is well known about a subject, not spread minority beliefs. NJGW (talk) 05:18, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Binge drinking

I'd politely ask you to review Reliable sources and No original research. It is important on Wikipedia to respect reliable sources. If you believe that a source is inaccurate, then you will need to another reliable source that agrees with you. I'm sure that you believe the changes you have made to Binge drinking are accurate; but without reliable sources to back them up, you breach our policy on no original research. The best place to discuss your concerns is at the article talk page. Hope that helps. --RexxS (talk) 21:01, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

June 2010

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I just fixed it. Sorry about that.Ajax151 (talk) 22:50, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

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Age of drinking links in alcoholism article

HI Ajax, I disagree that the refs provided to support recent edits where adequate ... have brought the subject up on Talk:Alcoholism page. As a note it is very tricky to represent a minority view in articles - they need to stated in review type articles really, and one can't just use one or two single refs that go against the conclusion of reviews without great care in exceptional circumstances - and with concensus of other editors. Cheers Lee∴V (talk • contribs) 12:32, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

One of the refs I added IS a review. And no consensus is necessary before adding it.Ajax151 (talk) 17:05, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

All content is by consensus, you're right we don't need consensus to add something new, but if someone disagrees they we have to try to find the best way to repesent view points Lee∴V (talk • contribs) 12:06, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

Sorry Ajax, had to revert again, just because you are convinced the discussion is over does not mean it is, in situations like this one should try to politely wotk things out.. not just resolutely stick 'i am right, you are wrong' if an issue cannot be resolved this way an outside opinion should be sought. Lee∴V (talk • contribs) 11:20, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

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Schizophrenia

Hello. I see you've highlighted a study at schizophrenia. But we don't write encyclopedia articles by highlighting individual studies. See WP:MEDMOS. I did a search and it turns out that the study you cited[1] has been cited 7 times (though I see none categorized as reviews). The paper was cited most recently in doi:10.1177/0269881111414751, for example. We don't encourage the citation of primary studies here. Cherrypicking/POV/undue weight issues are raised by it. How about you see if a secondary source mentions the things you want to include? We are an encyclopedia, a tertiary source. We can't highlight all primary studies. It is out of our scope. Biosthmors (talk) 18:40, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. I will add secondary sources as I find them, such as the one you mentioned above. However, primary sources are allowed in some circumstances as a last resort.Ajax151 (talk) 18:45, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome. The secondary source I linked above devotes a paragraph to the 2009 paper, but it differed somewhat from the summary you included. For example, this text stratifies based on sex, instead of saying adults. "Based on estimates of schizophrenia incidences and rates of light and heavy cannabis use, it has been shown that only a minority of cannabis users will go on to develop a psychotic illness, and that in order to prevent one case of schizophrenia in the highest risk category (adult males aged 20–24 years), 2800 heavy cannabis users would have to be prevented, rising to over 10,000 for light users. These numbers more than double for women in the same age range." Happy editing. Biosthmors (talk) 18:58, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Are you using the secondary source to verify the text? Because you repeated the error.[2] Biosthmors (talk) 19:06, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

I just fixed it.

That still understates the numbers for women, as you can see from the text I quoted. How about we just summarize the main point? "In young adults, it has been estimated that several thousand heavy users would have to refrain from cannabis in order to prevent one case." Biosthmors (talk) 19:23, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

OK, I will do so.

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List of misconceptions about illegal drugs § Marijuana killed Bruce Lee

Hi there. I am contacting you about a section you wrote in July 2010, List of misconceptions about illegal drugs § Marijuana killed Bruce Lee. One of the citations given was not properly formatted, and so remains unclear. I have started a section about it on the talk page of that article, so it would be very helpful if you could go there and give any information you still have (or can recall) about the source. Thanks a lot. TimofKingsland (talk) 00:59, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

The citation has been fixed. Thanks for the heads up.Ajax151 (talk) 20:49, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

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Sales taxes in the United States

The paragraph you edited concerns the highest and the lowest sales taxes in the U.S. If what you say about Puerto Rico is true, then the right thing to do is remove the mention of Puerto Rico entirely. (If Puerto Rico actually assessed a VAT of 10.5%, that is worth a mention along with the dates it was in effect. If they repealed it before it ever took effect, I think it's not worth a mention.) Spike-from-NH (talk) 23:11, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

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Bromhexine and Sars-CoV-2

I liked that you added the section to Bromhexine: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bromhexine&diff=next&oldid=981378237

But there's one user that appears to be very experienced at Wikipedia that's reverting changes that I think are "good". Just because the person has a lot of Wikipedia experience doesn't mean there's no bias, though.

I'm not very experienced at Wikipedia editing, but I wonder if the rejection of your section really should have been reverted.

Thank you! Of course it should not have been reverted. Ajax151 (talk) 17:43, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

This revert was justified because it is unverified, possibly non-replicable lab research (see WP:MEDANIMAL re: in vitro studies) and speculation about mechanisms that "might" occur or have future "potential"; Wikipedia is not a crystal ball WP:CRYSTAL, and is not a blog or journal article where it might be acceptable to speculate about how a drug works, WP:NOTJOURNAL #6-8. We use well-vetted reviews published in high-quality sources for medical content, WP:MEDRS. For further background, see WP:WHYMEDRS. Zefr (talk) 19:32, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

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You're welcome. I just fixed it now, good catch. Ajax151 (talk) 10:45, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

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