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academic skills exam (Text 5 (Why is the source reliable (CARSA…

- - - - Reliability. Is the information accurate? Where is the evidence from?
        
        The domain name gov is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) in the Domain Name System of the Internet. The name is derived from the word government, indicating its restricted use by government entities in the United States.
      - Subjectivity/ objectivity. Is the argument based on evidence? Any bias?
        
        Academic conventions. Is this a suitably academic text? Why/ why not
        
        Very objective
      - Authority. Who is the author?
        
        The author is Nora volkon, who is currently the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA),[2] which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).[3]
        
        The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research, founded in the late 1870s.
        
        has authority.
      - Currency. Is the information up-to-date?
        
        some sources are not as up to date
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        Reliability. Is the information accurate? Where is the evidence from?
        
        The information is given accurate and there is evidence in the text
        
        The evidence in the text are the sources
        
        The source are reliable as they are from independent bodies of research
        
        Subjectivity/ objectivity. Is the argument based on evidence? Any bias?
        
        Very objective, this is shown because the medical association journal is peer-reviewed
        
        Authority. Who is the author?
        
        There are two authors whom are writing for the Canadian medical association journal, which is a peer-reviewed general medical journal published by the Canadian Medical Association. It publishes original clinical research, analyses and reviews, news, practice updates, and editorials
        
        Hoffman is a professor at multiple universities including Harvard, whilst roojin habibi was an intern for UNAIDS for gender and human rights
        
        Roojin Habibi is a Juris Doctor (J.D.) candidate at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law. Before her legal studies, she specialized in global health, defending her Masters of Science thesis on comparative pharmaceutical regulation at McMaster University, Canada. Over the past six years, Ms. Habibi has collaborated extensively with scientists in Canada, Australia and France, publishing and contributing to peer review in law, health policy and medical journals. She has also worked as an advocate for the rights of women, low-income groups and people affected by HIV at NGOs in Canada and Namibia, and at the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS. In her final year of legal studies, she is cross-specializing in transnational and international law at the University of Geneva.
        
        Both specialize and have degrees for global health law, therefore they are experts in this field
        
        Academic conventions. Is this a suitably academic text? Why/ why not
        
        there is use of citation and the languauge used in this text is very formal
        
        Currency. Is the information up-to-date?
        
        The information given by this source is up-to-date/current because the source discusses Canada's decision to legalize weed and it's subsequent legislation in 2017
  - - - They talk about how certain countries, such as the Netherlands and Portugal, have legalised weed whilst saying in line with UN drug-control conventions.
        
        The federal government should immediately take proactive steps to seek a reservation to the
        
        marijuana provisions of these treaties and/or to initiate their renegotiation in light of its legalization
        
        plans. If these diplomatic efforts fail, Canada must formally withdraw from these treaties to avoid
        
        undermining international law and compromising its global position.