Anti-marijuana ad's 'fear-mongering' angers CBC readers

[inanna]

CBC readers are annoyed with a Health Canada anti-marijuana ad that makes a widely disputed claim that smoking a joint can decrease someone's IQ.

The ad, which has been up on a government YouTube account since Oct. 20, provides a list of troubling side-effects from smoking marijuana.

It claims marijuana can cause loss of memory, learning problems and decreased IQ, and "can damage a teen for life."

A CBC News article showed the "decreased IQ" allegation, which is displayed across the screen during the 30-second spot, is hotly contested by another study and other researchers. Despite knowing this, Health Canada still chose the ad after it received the strongest reaction from parental focus groups.

Link: http://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/yourcommunity/2014/12/anti-marijuana-ads-fear-mongering-angers-cbc-readers-1.html

[inanna]

1. Does anybody have a link

to the study mentioned in the OP?

I'd really like to read it. I ran a google and all I got was a link to the Daily Mail.

I'd prefer a different source.

TIA

[arikara]

2. Canada's version of Reefer Madness

I guess. I wonder if Mr law and order Harper himself commissioned it.

[inanna]

4. Yeah.

That's what I'm inclined to think.

[Rainforestgoddess]

5. It's a slam at Trudeau as well.

[CanSocDem]

3. In the neo-con world...

...it has been determined that 'lying to the public' is acceptable in pursuit of the greater (corporate) good. FoxNews and the U.S. Supreme Court have set the standard.




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