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Moratorium on Maltzman: an Appeal to Reason
Journal of Studies on Alcohol
  • Mark B. Sobell, Nova Southeastern University
  • Linda C. Sobell, Nova Southeastern University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-1989
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Abstract/Excerpt

Maltzman's comment on Cook (1985), which appears elsewhere in this issue, is an unveiled attempt to resurrect the same allegations about our research that he made 7 years ago. None of the allegations are new! Over the past 7 years, those allegations have been the topic of 5 separate inquiries, in each of which we were vindicated. In this response, we review the multiple inquiries and we show how Maltzman continues to (1) cite our work out of context, (2) make false assumptions about the inquiries and our procedures and (3) disregard evidence contradicting his assertions. He relies on data that, to use his characterization, are a "tempest in a teapot." Having answered the same fundamental attack time and again over the past 7 years, we declare a unilateral moratorium on responding to Maltzman. Moreover, our repeated vindications, and research published over the last 20 years corroborating moderation outcomes, illustrate that, indeed, science is self-correcting.

Citation Information
Mark B. Sobell and Linda C. Sobell. "Moratorium on Maltzman: an Appeal to Reason" Journal of Studies on Alcohol Vol. 50 Iss. 5 (1989) p. 473 - 480 ISSN: 0096-882X
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mark-sobell/194/