As did getting rid of lead in gas and as a material water pipes have been made of. As did gaming consoles. As did cable tv.
Perhaps mercury as well. Or mad hatter goes mad is a crime ....
Lithium in drinking water and crimes, suicides related to drug addictions (1990)
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#12As did getting rid of lead in gas and as a material water pipes have been made of. As did gaming consoles. As did cable tv.
None of those are used as medication for a psychiatric condition, though.
But the dose used as a medication is 1000x higher than what you would get from drinking water.
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#13Correlation does not imply causation.
I don't think this is even a dumb C vs. C scenario. My interpretation of this (and the stated "needs controlled studies in future") is that there isn't meaningful controls on the comparison - so the basic correlation seems suspect to me.
You know, as a super intelligent internet commenter :D
Re: Lithium in drinking water and crimes, suicides related to drug addictions (1990)
#14(1990) Anyone know of newer research on this topic?
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#15Pretty obvious. I mean, they give lithium to crazy people to calm them down.
Also, I hear that fluoride in the drinking water does a similar trick. Makes you think.
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#16Correlation does not imply causation.
More importantly, we dont live in a one-variable world.
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#17This seems dumb. I'm sure poisoning the water supply would also reduce the crime-rate.
I'm sure the implication is "anti anxiety" (I think lithium is that class?) drugs in water supply reduce crime, rather than anything else
It’s a mood stabilizer. At therapeutic doses it makes the entire world seem grey, and is generally used to help people with enormous uncontrollable emotional swings. AFAIK no studies have been ever done on “microsdosing” it
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#18I thought that stephen (freakenomics) Levitt has shown (innhis own research) that this result was insufficient to explain the 1990s crime drop - his theory that he says fit the data was the Supreme court decision allowing abortion (Roe v wade) - in other words the teenage criminals of 1990 simply did not get born
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#19This seems dumb. I'm sure poisoning the water supply would also reduce the crime-rate.
I'm sure the implication is "anti anxiety" (I think lithium is that class?) drugs in water supply reduce crime, rather than anything else
Not an expert but I've only ever heard it prescribed for people with serious bipolar and perhaps schizophrenia.
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#20This seems dumb. I'm sure poisoning the water supply would also reduce the crime-rate.
Given the (probable) relation between lead and crime, this seems straightforwardly not true.
Also, it's hardly germane. Lithium is not toxic in naturally occurring levels, it is, in fact, an essential nutrient: