Pubdate: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 Source: Globe and Mail (Canada) Copyright: 2014 The Globe and Mail Company Contact: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/168 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n684/a08.html Author: Adam Greenblatt Page: A10 Cited: https://www.facebook.com/drugsnot4me EVIDENCE DELUSION Health Minister Rona Ambrose's assertion that Health Canada's new $5-million pot cessation effort is "evidence-based and non-partisan" (Anti-Marijuana Campaign Not Political, Ambrose says - Aug. 19) is a delusion. Anti-drug "education" like D.A.R.E. and DrugsNot4Me reinforces the falsehood that criminalizing users is based in evidence. Medical associations deserve kudos for publicly refusing this prohibitionist exercise - their disposition towards cannabis in medicine notwithstanding. Adam Greenblatt, Montreal - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom