Here’s How 64 – Investigation: Unproven Meds Part 3

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In the main interview, I talked to Gino Kenny of the People Before Profit party. 

Gino’s Facebook page shared the Facebook group Medical Cannabis Testimonials Ireland & UK, and encouraged people to share supposed ‘testimony‘ of people benefiting from medical marijuana. The page promotes the most manipulative and misleading quackery; most of its posts claim that cannabis cures cancer or some other serious illnesses, for which there is no scientific support whatsoever.

Paul M Brady seems to be a People Before Profit activist who seems to operate one of their twitter accounts. I say ‘seems to‘ because although I had a long DM exchange with him on Twitter, he declined to answer my questions on that directly.

His twitter account posted many hostile messages to twitter users who questioned his party’s online support of people promoting quack medicine.

I contacted Nick Lee, the PBP press officer and I sent him the following questions:

1. Does the People Before Profit party support the concept of evidence-based medicine, as done through clinical research published in peer-reviewed recognised scientific journals?
2. A number of People Before Profit party social media accounts, including that of Gino Kenny TD have promoted the Facebook page Medical Cannabis Testimonials Ireland & UK, which mostly posts rejecting evidence-based medicine. Does this reflect People Before Profit policy?
3. If not, why promote such a page?
4. Does People Before Profit recognise the danger of promoting quack medicine to people who are vulnerable to exploitation because of illness?
5. Is Paul M Brady a member of your Dublin Bay North branch, or a member of the People Before Profit party?
6. Is the twitter account @PBP_DublinbayN one belonging to your party?
7. Is this twitter account operated by Paul M Brady with or without the party’s authority?
8. Does Paul M Brady speak with the authority of the party?
9. Has People Before Profit authorised to Paul M Brady send twitter messages on its behalf on the account @PBP_DublinbayN, or any other
10. Is People Before Profit aware that Paul M Brady appears to have claimed to speak with the authority of the party?
11. Is People Before Profit aware that Paul M Brady appears to have made a series of violent, threatening and misogynistic comments on twitter to people who disagreed with him over evidence-based medicine?
12. Do these comments reflect People Before Profit’s formal position?
13. What action has People Before Profit taken, and what does it intend to take, on this matter?

People Before Profit have not responded.