 Anti-marijuana ad's dubious claim a scary hit with parents Health Canada's focus-group testing of anti-marijuana ads found parents reacted most strongly to claims that smoking too many joints can lower IQ in young people. The IQ effect has been challenged by medical researchers, but the department launched a TV aCommentsview comments in forum You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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Well, it seems to work politically, and that's all they care about.
And that's my point. It's not from the perspective of making Canadians healthier, pretty much the job of Health Canada. It's about falling in line with a political ideology, something that offends me that a party is trying to dictate it's ideology to Canadians.
When I was 12 or 13, had a friend's mother lecture us about not smoking that evil marijuana. I didn't even know what marijuana was, so I didn't pay much attention. When I was 14 I read a LIfe magazine article where the reporter said smoking pot made him see an orange like he was holding the sun in his hands. Right there I knew it was for me, and my friend's mother's warning had no relevance.
People warning me about stuff just seemed to make me want to find out what the fuss was about. It's amazing that I didn't die.
After all these years I've revised my opinion of Harper to decent/not bad but the Conservative policy on marijuana is so fucking far out of touch they deserve to lose the next election on that issue alone.
These ads always made me want to try new things when I was a kid.
Explains a fair bit.
It's just another example of the Conservatives ignoring science in favour of ideology. Researchers doubt any link exists, but it polls well, so go and do it anyhow.
Yet if you find anyone that's been smoking dope since they were a teenager, the affects are almost immediately obvious....but it's all scare tactics about this harmless drug.
the thing is, this sort of ad just backfires. Gets the ignorant parents all hyped up, but what are they going to do about it? The kids know this is bullshit, the parents preaching to them will just make them more distrustful of the parents.
When I was 12 or 13, had a friend's mother lecture us about not smoking that evil marijuana. I didn't even know what marijuana was, so I didn't pay much attention. When I was 14 I read a LIfe magazine article where the reporter said smoking pot made him see an orange like he was holding the sun in his hands. Right there I knew it was for me, and my friend's mother's warning had no relevance.
This says an awful lot about your level of discernment.