Cannabis Cure

[realisticphish]

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/cannabis-science-inc-reports-prospective/story.aspx?guid={03D1AE62-679E-460D-988F-EE0966A80445}&dist=msr_2

I don't know about you guys but this story seems like garbage. When a company called "Cannabis Science" comes up with the shocking claim that Cannabis cures the latest disease, I'm not exactly confident. Maybe it's legit, but it seems like a slightly scienced-up version of the standard woo marketing campaigns

[semillama]

1. Just substitute "Vitamin D" for "marijuana"

and there you go.

[CanSocDem]

2. OMG....a full-fledged marketing technique.

What a underhanded way to sell cannabis. Those bastards...!!!

Cannabis Science, Inc. is at the forefront of medical marijuana research and development. The Company works with world authorities on phytocannabinoid science targeting critical illnesses, and adheres to scientific methodologies to develop, produce, and commercialize phytocannabinoid-based pharmaceutical products. In sum, we are dedicated to the creation of cannabis-based medicines, both with and without psychoactive properties, to treat disease and the symptoms of disease, as well as for general health maintenance.

Oh wait a sec....that's their corporate goal.

What's next...the Mayo Clinic of Cannabis???

[cosmik debris]

3. "preliminary anecdotal results"

And that's all it takes to get a story published?

Apparently cannabis affects perceptions of reality.

[salvorhardin]

4. It's not a story

It's a press release and although it's clearly labeled as such on the MarketWatch site, I think it's wholey irresponsible of news services to simply reprint press releases. It gives the appearance of a false equivalency between press releases and real news stories which, presumably, have at least been vetted by reporters and editors for factual correctness and bias.

[cosmik debris]

5. I should have noticed that.

And the OTC stock symbol in the first line of the story--another dead giveaway.

This same movie is playing in the Health Scare Lounge.

[salvorhardin]

6. Oh, I've missed it in the past too

Sites like Yahoo News really piss me off when they reprint press releases as if they were wire stories. I can't count the times I've seen right here on DU somebody quoting a story by "PR Newswire" as if it was the AP. Mostly I don't blame the person relying on the "story". I blame the greedy bastards who conflate purposefully news and advertising -- just like the fake scientific journals Elsevier and Merck set up.