Drugs (meth) and violence in a news article
I'm mad at this headline because it's a wild ass dramatic exaggeration of a single point of data in the actual study. The headline is misleading and inaccurate and misses the point.
I literally had an entire course in my journalism degree trying to make us understand stats and science to avoid this shit.
Drugs (meth) and violence in a news article
The study tracked a very specific population of 1000 people, all born in a particular region in 1977, and was interested in links between methamphetamine use and violence.
This in no way means 28% of all middle-aged people in New Zealand have tried meth. Which is what the headline says.
Drugs (meth) and violence in a news article
It's on the front page of the paper today and has even further decontextualised it. Amazing. Now it's not just middle-aged, but ALL New Zealanders! The poor researchers must be pulling their hair out.
