Ed Gogek, MD: Report by Canada''s Foremost Addiction Research Institute Inaccurate and Misleading
Cannabis Policy Framework based on pro-marijuana advocacy, not science
(firmenpresse) - TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 02/08/16 -- In 2014, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health released its Cannabis Policy Framework, a scientific report concluding that Canada should legalize marijuana. However, the report is riddled with easily disproved evidentiary errors and misleading information, a leading author in the anti-legalization movement said today.
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is Canada''s largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital, and one of the world''s leading research centres. Yet its report contains provably untrue statements, and its pro-legalization conclusion is based on these incorrectly reported facts, according to Ed Gogek, MD, an Arizona psychiatrist who trained at the University of Western Ontario and authored the book Marijuana Debunked.
"This report should be beyond reproach," Gogek said. "Instead, it repeats misinformation spread by the marijuana lobby and justifies it by misstating facts. This is a world-renowned research institution, yet it used false statements and misled the public about the potential harm of legalization. The report is neither evidence-based nor objective; it''s pro-marijuana propaganda." Examples of the report''s inaccuracies include:
Dr. Gogek recently discussed the misinformation in a , on the Jerry Agar Show (CFRB Toronto), and in a . Links to the radio interview and op-ed can be found on the blog post: A referenced five-page description of the factual inaccuracies is in Dr. Gogek''s book, The five pages can be e-mailed upon request.
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