A few weeks ago I posted a link to the International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research's critique of the CCSA report. It's quite the read. I also tweeted it out and immediately got a response from a follower pointing out what seemed to be conflict of interest as detailed in a slide deck from Dr.… Continue reading Distortions: Unbalanced assessment of conflict of interest
Month: March 2023
Distortions: The false dichotomy strategy of the public health industrial complex
In waging a campaign against a legal industry, it is good to paint them as evil. We saw this with the temperance movement in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and again with Big Tobacco in the mid to late 20th. I was at an academic conference once where a scholar introduced an anti-alcohol campaigner… Continue reading Distortions: The false dichotomy strategy of the public health industrial complex
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