Social bots misinform, distort and steer public discussion about potential health risks and benefits of #cannabis. An important read by @SomaLabUsc discussing their recent research findings.

http://theconversation.com/tweets-about-cannabis-health-benefits-are-full-of-mistruths-129409?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitterbutton

Another birthday paper published last week 2y ago!

Great work w/ @PriyankaUppu Jon Allem & team, where we charted the landscape of vaping discussion on Twitter:

E-Cigarette Surveillance With Social Media Data: Social Bots, Emerging Topics, and Trends https://buff.ly/2ZDNFGj

Twitter & cannabis: Posts indicating that #cannabis could allay health concerns represented a larger proportion of posts by social bots compared w/nonbots, while nonbot posts about initiation, use, & polysubstance use may be useful for health researchers https://bit.ly/39rRMJS

Are the health benefits of #cannabis actually #fakenews? http://ow.ly/VSL350xECaK