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The most damning evidence IMO is the promise, straight from the mouth of NIAAA director George Koob, to suppress future research that might be critical of the a
by nate_meurer 9y ago
The most damning evidence IMO is the promise, straight from the mouth of NIAAA director George Koob, to suppress future research that might be critical of the alcohol industry. Utterly disgraceful.
Koob's defense of that email -- that he was merely referring to research that is "not of the highest scientific quality" -- is pretty pathetic, given that Jernigan's and Siegel's work apparently met the NIAAA's past and present quality standards.
- xixi77 9y agoTBH, I find it difficult to see value in that particular line of research: it stands to reason that there would be a link between advertising and consumption in all age groups, so spending money to confirm that seems wasteful. Also, I haven't checked, but I'd be surprised if there hadn't already been some studies done on this. Of course the reason some people are upset is because they would like to see restrictions on advertising, and were hoping another study would give them another argument in favor of such. But a positive result does not imply that such restrictions are necessary.
- fourthark 9y agoYes, I'd be more concerned if they were suppressing studies that have to do with actual health effects.
- heiie9292 9y agoYep. Probably need to give them a tax break and improve trade relations for them In fact, we’re rather disinterested in even having a functioning Legislative body, why bother and just let these folks run it all Sort of the way we’re going