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Chart fail: Vox accidentally legalizes cocaine and heroin

They don’t need editorial oversight because they understand the news.

Oops. Vox had to delete this tweet and try again because somebody didn’t notice that cocaine and heroin were illegal.

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https://twitter.com/BenHowe/status/562834496652050432

https://twitter.com/ClosedPress/status/562836836322906112

https://twitter.com/Roger247/status/562837094423601153

Ok, so it turns out they posted a chart of “dangerous” drugs (based on UK data) instead of their chart on “deadly” drugs based on US data. Even so, their argument is still sort of sketchy.

https://twitter.com/bonhomme36/status/562837879551176708

https://twitter.com/bonhomme36/status/562839226338000896

https://twitter.com/bonhomme36/status/562839578617610240

That’s why you have to be skeptical of unscientific comparisons.

https://twitter.com/bonhomme36/status/562840104352616450

https://twitter.com/bonhomme36/status/562840785499213825

Who explains the explainers?

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