A Canadian scientist wanted to demonstrate how he could use DNA barcoding to distinguish between different strains of cannabis; a pretty valuable thing to be able to do during the weed marketing gold rush.

To prove it, he just took a graph of U.S. arrest data, changed the title, and said 'here, here's my evidence.'

He did a lot more than that. And it might have all gone unnoticed, if not for some meddlesome researchers. Senior producer Sarah Lawrynuik gets into it.

Featured in this episode: Charles Piller, investigative journalist for Science Magazine; Ken Thompson, post-doctoral fellow at Stanford University; Paul Hebert, director of the University of Guelph's Centre for Biodiversity Genomics

Further reading:
Failing the test, Charles Piller, Science
Controversial supplements researcher not guilty of misconduct, Canadian university concludes, Charles Piller, Science

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A Canadian scientist wanted to demonstrate how he could use DNA barcoding to distinguish between different strains of cannabis; a pretty valuable thing to be able to do during the weed marketing gold rush.
To prove it, he just took a graph of U.S. arrest data, changed the title, and said 'here, here's my evidence.'
He did a lot more than that. And it might have all gone unnoticed, if not for some meddlesome researchers. Senior producer Sarah Lawrynuik gets into it.
Featured in this episode: Charles Piller, investigative journalist for Science Magazine; Ken Thompson, post-doctoral fellow at Stanford University; Paul Hebert, director of the University of Guelph's Centre for Biodiversity Genomics
Further reading:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/this-scientist-accused-supplement-industry-of-fraud-now-his-own-work-is-under-fire" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.science.org/content/article/this-scientist-accused-supplement-industry-of-fraud-now-his-own-work-is-under-fire&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1655708942926000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1xWkmBv1uyYPckPAkE0E0-">Failing the test</a>, Charles Piller, Science</li>
<li><a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/controversial-canadian-supplements-researcher-not-guilty-of-misconduct-report-says" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.science.org/content/article/controversial-canadian-supplements-researcher-not-guilty-of-misconduct-report-says&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1655708942926000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2NkC_ZuRxZelZLmjeMaooD">Controversial supplements researcher not guilty of misconduct, Canadian university concludes</a>, Charles Piller, Science</li>
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