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The National Institute on Drug Abuse has funded a marijuana
"Potency Monitoring Project" at the school of Pharmacy at
the University of Mississippi that has tracked important cannabinoid
levels in confiscated marijuana since 1975. One indicator
of generally accepted standards in any research field is the
type of data deemed significant for researchers to study.
In terms of analysis, this refers to the study of correspondence
rules. Research analyzes indicators, variables x, y, and so
on, and these indicators are assumed to correspond to the
object of the scientist's study. The flaws in research designs
can be found in an examination of whether the indicators really
represent the phenomena being studied. This section asserts
that scientists studying marijuana accept a correspondence
rule which asserts that the constituent parts of marijuana,
particularly D 9-THC, provide valid
indicators for the marijuana itself. The Potency Monitoring
Project provides an implicit example of this: it tracks and
reports historical data for just four cannabinoids -- D9-THC,
Cannabidiol (CBD), Cannabichromene (CBC), and Cannabinol (CBN).(1)
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