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I understand how you feel, but whenever someone prefaces anything with "Big" I assume they're main complaint is with predatory capitalism. Pharma companies are

I understand how you feel, but whenever someone prefaces anything with "Big" I assume they're main complaint is with predatory capitalism. Pharma companies are very interested what they can learn from plants these days, so the scientists at those companies are doing good work, but maybe the accountants, lawyers and CEO's of those companies are not.

dylan604 4y ago
Take for example the federal schedule I list of items that includes marijuana which means no medicinal value. However, several states have now passed medicinal usage for marijuana. The federally scheduled status has lots of trouble getting changed for lots of reason, but BigPharma lobbying is part of it. Either the states are full of shit with their medicinal claims, or the feds are full of shit for saying there are no medicinal uses. I think we can all agree whose in the wrong on this, but because the wrong party supersedes, it be what it be, ya'dig. Yes, BigPharma is a bit of a derogatory term. There are definitely good players and bad players. I'm still not sure if I'm happy about what is happening with the Oxy/Sacklers/etc, as in, did it go far enough. I'm not sure it did. So that's an extreme example of the negative side of BigPharma. Now you have a diabetes drug being shopped around as a weight loss drug. These types are so hoping better living through chemistry can work that they'll push anything in the inventory for any ailment as long as they can get away with it. These are my big issues with the BigPharma players. Do all pharma companies play that way? No, I don't believe they do, but until these asshats get out of the way, they are just holding us back. (I'll jump off my soapbox now).