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I think it’s wonderful it didn't go the way of only allowing big-pharma and special pharmacies to distribute it, making big players pocket all the money. I thi
by gryzzly 3y ago
I think it’s wonderful it didn't go the way of only allowing big-pharma and special pharmacies to distribute it, making big players pocket all the money.
I think self-growing is an excellent way of obtaining it. Social clubs to distribute is also great, let’s see just how much bureaucracy will be involved.
The fact it’s not a commercial legalisation is excellent – it means there are no agents with extreme financial interest hurrying to make a big buck from promoting it in dishonest ways, making it ubituqios, push it on kids etc. etc. etc.
- papichulo2023 3y agoI dont think big pharma would touch it, same reason cc's dont touch porn.
- iknowbettah 3y agoBig pharma sells weed in pharmacies, here in germany, right now.
- chownie 3y agoThey almost certainly would. There's plenty of scummy ways to do business, my guess is they'd produce blister packs of gel capsules filled with THC oil at 480% markup and then fight tooth and nail to recriminalise all other methods of intake.
- aodonnell2536 3y agoIn a sense this already happened nearly 40 years ago, with a drug branded as ‘Marinol’: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dronabinol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dronabinol
- gryzzly 3y ago"Big pharma is recognising medicinal marijuana's potential, with the global medicinal cannabis market estimated to reach nearly $24 billion". I think there are many countries where it is already touching it.
- lightedman 3y agoBig pharma already sells synthetic cannabinoids and direct delta-9 THC analogues and have for a couple decades, almost.