BACKGROUND The Edward O. Hawkins and Thomas C. Slater Medical Marijuana Act1 (“Hawkins-Slater”– Rhode Island General Laws 21-28.6-1) became law in 2005. Regulations2 were promulgated initially in July of 2006. The legislative findings3 incorporated in Hawkins-Slater assert that modern medical research recognizes beneficial uses for marijuana, including the treatment of pain, nausea and other de...

We use a single example to explain (1), the Likelihood Principle, (2) Bayesian statistics, and (3) why classical statistics cannot be used to compare hypotheses. 1. The Slater School The example and quotes used in this paper come from Annals of Radiation: The Cancer at Slater School by Paul Brodeur in The New Yorker of Dec. 7, 1992. We use the example only to make a point, not a serious analysi...