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> I hope all these small/mid sized businesses don’t get gulped up by big tobacco or other mega corps Calling it: CVS and Walgreens will move into the medical
by joecool1029 2y ago
> I hope all these small/mid sized businesses don’t get gulped up by big tobacco or other mega corps
Calling it: CVS and Walgreens will move into the medical market for this. You think these little shops will be able to process health insurance payments when that sector gets in on it? lol
- hn_version_0023 2y agoYou described a worst-case scenario. I’d rather smoke Marlboro Greens, and I promised myself 20 years ago I’d never spend another penny with them.
- HeyLaughingBoy 2y agoLOL @ Marlboro Greens :-) They'd be insane to not go with that name.
- konfusinomicon 2y agothe marlboro man has traded in his horse and cowboy hat for some natty dreads and a gravity bong. Joe Camel now sports a wook blanket and a heady crystal wrap. can't wait to see what the overly happy and diverse Newport pleasure party goers have adopted
- shicholas 2y agolol
- selimthegrim 2y agoYou must not have seen the same Newport ads I did
- DonHopkins 2y ago"You've come a long way, dude."
- jeffwask 2y agoMarboro Green with 200 hundred additional chemical additives for your enjoyment.
- hughesjj 2y agoAka the 'backdoor removal of social security'
- hollerith 2y agoI bet that in the US, no health insurer will ever pay for an insured person's marijuana.
- Invictus0 2y agoI'll happily take the other side of that bet.
- SoftTalker 2y agoI agree it's unlikely. THC may have some medical uses, but smoking it certainly does not. Perhaps gummies/edibles would be covered under some circumstances -- but to be a prescription or even an OTC "medication" it has to go through FDA approval to demonstrate efficacy and document the side effects, and it will have to be manufactured to pharmaceutical standards of potency and purity, which will make it more expensive. I think it will most likely be like alcohol: sold for recreational use, age-restricted, and not medical.
- int_19h 2y agoI bet that CBD will be covered very quickly, because it really does work very well for so many things, so it shouldn't take long to have enough studies clearly in support of it.
- hollerith 2y agoAre there strains of marijuana high in CBD but almost absent of THC?
- grugagag 2y agoYes
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 2y agoYes but the trick is mostly just harvesting early.
- int_19h 2y ago
- gwbas1c 2y agoI could see them carrying CBD in pill / gelcap form. (It pretty much snuffs out my migraines.) I don't think they'll carry intoxicating forms of marijuana, though. (I've never seen a CVS with alcohol, but that could be because of how my state handles liquor licenses.)
- adventured 2y agoWalgreens sells cigarettes, cigars, basic alcohol (beer, wine, hard seltzers etc), occasionally liquor, nicotine patches & packets, and snuff. They sell OTC Narcan, and now OTC birth control. They moved into the last two items pretty much immediately upon availability. They'll definitely look at their options for the marijuana business as they can safely do so legally.
- joezydeco 2y agoCVS in Illinois definitely sells liquor. They seemed to switch to it around the same time they publicly announced they wouldn't sell tobacco anymore.