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Big Pharma set to take over medical marijuana market
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Just as the federal government is clamping down on medical marijuana dispensaries, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) may be set to give Big Pharma the clearance to take over the market.
In 2007, GW Pharmaceuticals announced that it partnered with Otsuka to bring "Sativex" -- or liquefied marijuana -- to the U.S. The companies recently completed Phase II efficacy and safety trials testing and began discussion with the FDA for Phase III testing. Phase III is generally thought to be the final step before the drug can be marketed in the U.S.
"GW Pharmaceuticals plc (AIM: GWP) today announces the initiation of the Phase III clinical trials programme of Sativex in the treatment of pain in patients with advanced cancer, who experience inadequate analgesia during optimized chronic opioid therapy," GW said in a statement. "This indication represents the initial target indication for Sativex in the United States."
Sativex is the brand name for a drug derived from cannabis sativa. It's an extract from the whole plant cannabis, not a synthetic compound. Even GW defines the drug (.pdf) as marijuana.
Yet as the FDA is poised to approve the drug for Big Pharma, state-licensed medical marijuana dispensaries that provide relief for thousands of Americans are under attack by other federal agencies.
Lynette Shaw, the owner and founder of Marin Alliance for Medical Marijuana (MAMM) in Fairfax, California, was stunned when the IRS audited her 2008 and 2009 tax returns and disallowed the foundation's business deductions, then demanded millions of dollars in back taxes.
The IRS pursued her under ยง 280E of the federal tax code, which states that no business deductions will be allowed for companies "trafficking in controlled substances".
Shaw is now suing the IRS to prevent them from destroying the entire medical marijuana industry.
Last week, the Justice Department even threatened to prosecute state employees who license medical marijuana dispensaries.
As a result, Washington state Gov. Chris Gregoire (D) said she would veto a bill that would have allowed the state to license growers.
In February, marijuana advocacy group NORML warned that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) intended to legalize marijuana for Big Pharma only.
"The DEA's intent is to expand the federal government's schedule III listing to include pharmaceutical products containing naturally derived formations of THC while simultaneously maintain existing criminal prohibitions on the plant itself," Paul Armentano, the deputy director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), wrote at AlterNet.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/04/20/big-pharma-set-to-take-over-medical-marijuana-market/
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Re: Big Pharma set to take over medical marijuana market [Re: Psychoslut]
#14328020 - 04/21/11 02:38 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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FUCK MAN!!! i knew this would happen. thats why ive been so against legalization. i mean sure you wouldnt get a ticket for smoking. but now weve got big business taking over. so much for the mom and pop dispensaries
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Re: Big Pharma set to take over medical marijuana market [Re: SlightlyStoned]
#14328032 - 04/21/11 02:41 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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SlightlyStoned said: FUCK MAN!!! i knew this would happen. thats why ive been so against legalization. i mean sure you wouldnt get a ticket for smoking. but now weve got big business taking over. so much for the mom and pop dispensaries
same thing happened with alcohol and tobbaco.
the thing about weed is you can grow it urself.
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Re: Big Pharma set to take over medical marijuana market [Re: Kinko]
#14328054 - 04/21/11 02:43 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Not if they tell you its illegal to have plants, and you can only get it from pfiezer and watson or be locked up.
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Re: Big Pharma set to take over medical marijuana market [Re: Psychoslut]
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The underground weed market will always be alive.
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Re: Big Pharma set to take over medical marijuana market [Re: Drise]
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Drise said: The underground weed market will always be alive.
And I doubt watsons greedy ass could compete with us on the pricing either.
They have dr. paychchecks to write, we have power bills to pay.
We win.
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Re: Big Pharma set to take over medical marijuana market [Re: Psychoslut]
#14328181 - 04/21/11 03:09 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Fir what it's worth, the medical marijuana market is pretty screwy as it is. It's flooded with commercially grown cannabis of low quality that's like 150-200 dollars an ounce. That's not to say that there isn't still chronic, but it's actually tough for those that grow real good ganja to get what it's worth, with a 150 dollar ounce on every corner. Not to say that I'm happy to hear this news though, but it won't really effect me. Keep pot where it belongs, in the smalltime grow-ops. Ideally fully legalized, but if it's gonna cone from big pharma, I think I'll stick to homegrown.
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Re: Big Pharma set to take over medical marijuana market [Re: SlightlyStoned]
#14328190 - 04/21/11 03:11 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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SlightlyStoned said: FUCK MAN!!! i knew this would happen. thats why ive been so against legalization. i mean sure you wouldnt get a ticket for smoking. but now weve got big business taking over. so much for the mom and pop dispensaries
I don't see how cannabis legalization would help the pharmaceutical companies? If anything it would hurt them, and that's why they (the big-name pharmaceutical companies) spend so much money lobbying politicians to keep it illegal.
The whole rationale behind this article's "big pharma taking over" claim stems from the fact that the synthetic cannabis pharmaceuticals allows these companies to monopolize the cannabis med market so long as the plant itself remains illegal. If cannabis were legal the pharmaceutical companies wouldn't be able to corner the market with their synthetics variants.
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Re: Big Pharma set to take over medical marijuana market [Re: Psychoslut]
#14328199 - 04/21/11 03:13 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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This may not be entirely bad. In order for this to happen, the feds will be forced to recognize the medical benefits of the plant. And by doing so they would also be forced to remove it from the list of Schedule 1 Drugs. Additionally they may have to remove cannibanoids from employment drug screening.
This could potentially be one step closer to legalization.
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Re: Big Pharma set to take over medical marijuana market [Re: LightShedder]
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i swear to god i hate this gov't. i just finished reading the whole thing.its the fucking corporations man. "oh no regular people cant sell weed but well let this company do it.
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Re: Big Pharma set to take over medical marijuana market [Re: SlightlyStoned]
#14328227 - 04/21/11 03:19 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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SlightlyStoned said: FUCK MAN!!! i knew this would happen. thats why ive been so against legalization. i mean sure you wouldnt get a ticket for smoking. but now weve got big business taking over. so much for the mom and pop dispensaries
that doesn't make sense because it's not legal right now. and even medical marijuana was still illegal everywhere this would most likely still be happening
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Re: Big Pharma set to take over medical marijuana market [Re: Psychoslut]
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marijuana will kill big pharma
i can't wait for the day when big pharma gets the shit sued out of them. yes it will happen, starting with benzos
poor gov't is losing control....
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Re: Big Pharma set to take over medical marijuana market [Re: SlightlyStoned]
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SlightlyStoned said: FUCK MAN!!! i knew this would happen. thats why ive been so against legalization. i mean sure you wouldnt get a ticket for smoking. but now weve got big business taking over. so much for the mom and pop dispensaries
This did not happen as an "effect" of legalization!! You got to be kidding me. This is an "effect" of big pharma realizing that ilegalization is not going to LAST, and the feds giving them a corner on the market before its to late.
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Re: Big Pharma set to take over medical marijuana market [Re: wildernessjunkie]
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wildernessjunkie said: This may not be entirely bad. In order for this to happen, the feds will be forced to recognize the medical benefits of the plant. And by doing so they would also be forced to remove it from the list of Schedule 1 Drugs. Additionally they may have to remove cannibanoids from employment drug screening.
This could potentially be one step closer to legalization.
When cannabis is legal, big pharma will definitely be selling potent ass extracts. And prescribing them. I almost see this as a sign of legalization, though its still shady as fuck
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Re: Big Pharma set to take over medical marijuana market [Re: LongStrangeTrip]
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wildernessjunkie said: This may not be entirely bad. In order for this to happen, the feds will be forced to recognize the medical benefits of the plant. And by doing so they would also be forced to remove it from the list of Schedule 1 Drugs. Additionally they may have to remove cannibanoids from employment drug screening.
This could potentially be one step closer to legalization.
When cannabis is legal, big pharma will definitely be selling potent ass extracts. And prescribing them. I almost see this as a sign of legalization, though its still shady as fuck 
I concur...Shady as hell.
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Re: Big Pharma set to take over medical marijuana market [Re: wildernessjunkie]
#14328510 - 04/21/11 04:10 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Its funny how things that are illegal quickly turn to legal. Especially when those things are backed by big money, and profits for politicians.
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Re: Big Pharma set to take over medical marijuana market [Re: SlightlyStoned]
#14328796 - 04/21/11 05:02 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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SlightlyStoned said: FUCK MAN!!! i knew this would happen. thats why ive been so against legalization. i mean sure you wouldnt get a ticket for smoking. but now weve got big business taking over. so much for the mom and pop dispensaries
You need to revise your thinking. This is not a result of legalization. This is a result of the bullshit "medical marijuana" campaign. Medication needs to be carefully manufactured in controlled doses, and that's what big pharma is licensed to do basically. POT IS NOT A DRUG. Labeling it as such is WRONG and that's what happens when you call marijuana "medical". Because of all this medical bullshit, pot is slowly turning into a "controlled substance", possession of which would be a FELONY.
Legalization would allow mom and pop BUSINESSES to open and flourish in pot-friendly communities. Pot is about as "medical" as liquor.
Also, in case you haven't noticed, there are MILLIONS of people being ARRESTED for marijuana EVERY YEAR. ONLY A HANDFUL OF STATES ISSUE TICKETS. Sorry, the world isn't California. Get your head out of the sand.
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Re: Big Pharma set to take over medical marijuana market [Re: wildernessjunkie]
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wildernessjunkie said: This may not be entirely bad. In order for this to happen, the feds will be forced to recognize the medical benefits of the plant. And by doing so they would also be forced to remove it from the list of Schedule 1 Drugs. Additionally they may have to remove cannibanoids from employment drug screening.
This could potentially be one step closer to legalization.
Ummm...Aren't there thousands of dispensaries? Don't all state require a doctor's okay before you can be prescribed cannabis? Aren't there 4 people who receive medical cannabis from the federal government on a monthly basis?
So tell us why doesn't the government change it now?
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Re: Big Pharma set to take over medical marijuana market [Re: MidRange]
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wildernessjunkie said: This may not be entirely bad. In order for this to happen, the feds will be forced to recognize the medical benefits of the plant. And by doing so they would also be forced to remove it from the list of Schedule 1 Drugs. Additionally they may have to remove cannibanoids from employment drug screening.
This could potentially be one step closer to legalization.
Ummm...Aren't there thousands of dispensaries? Don't all state require a doctor's okay before you can be prescribed cannabis? Aren't there 4 people who receive medical cannabis from the federal government on a monthly basis?
So tell us why doesn't the government change it now?
Theoretically, doctors arent exactly "prescriping" mj to anyone. They are issuing a "certificate" to obtain it from dispensaries. This is not a "prescription" in the true sense. The reason I like wildernessjunkie's statement is if corps or doctor being actually "prescribing" this, they would HAVE to reschedule it. Think about it, mj is still, under federal law, illegal. For a doctor to actually prescribed it as medicine to cure an illness or ailment, it has to be scheduled as having legitimate medicinal properties. I believe the reason big business hasnt jumped on yet is because the potential prosecution but also, if you manufacture a substance, any substance, and recommend it to someone for something as "medicine" and it is not considered medicine legally, there is a huge potential of someone saying that it didnt cure anything and that the doctor that prescribed it and the company that manufactured it is liable for any and all damaged caused by this faulty claim that it was going to work. Just like false advertising but when it comes to medicine it can be potentially life threatening. Look at any situation where a doctor screwed up and what the pay outs where for the victim. Not to mention the bad pub for the incident. Without this "safeguard" of the rescheduling, they have more to lose than gain. And believe me, someone would go out of their way to make up some bullshit, try to get as much money out of it(even if the comp. had to settle out of court to shut them up) and fuck it up for the rest of us. This is why they would have to reschedule it before it hit the streets in the US.
As far as the fed patients, I dont know what the fuck is up with that. I believe it had to do with some sort of sympathy act. They are lucky as shit even if it is nasty swag.
So, I agree, though the potential of them still making the "plant" in its raw form semi illegal, the reprecusions would most likely be lessened considerable from what they are now. You would probably have to just keep extractions on hand and dispose of the plant as quickly as possible....which takes all the fun out of smoking...if you ask me. Its all about the fantastic numbers of flavors and highs.
Uhh...I LOVE WEED!!!!
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Re: Big Pharma set to take over medical marijuana market [Re: DoDahDay]
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Whatever they come out with is gonna suck compared to the real thing. Look at Marinol
People will continue to want to roll up and smoke or take bong/vape hits. It's a long ingrained ritual and IMO that's not gonna change anytime soon
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Re: Big Pharma set to take over medical marijuana market [Re: AsAboveSoBelow]
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People will continue to want to roll up and smoke or take bong/vape hits. It's a long ingrained ritual and IMO that's not gonna change anytime soon
Sativex is the real thing, its made from raw plant material.
The time is coming people. Cannabis will end up being legal for those who are 21 and up. Big Pharma will overtake the "medical bud" market. If someone who uses cannabis for any sort of medical aliment, he will likely be able to (in this slightly educated fantasy guess of mine) either get his "prescription" from big pharma, or go to a weed store and buy it.
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Re: Big Pharma set to take over medical marijuana market [Re: LongStrangeTrip]
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Yea but the beauty is in the array of flavors and highs. This stuff is just "Sativex"- a liquid extraction. It only focus is on the medical side. I like to smoke Jack Herer in the day time for productivity and then some AK to go to sleep. Or if Im looking just to really enjoy a smoke, Bubblegum or OG Kush or Diesel. That is what I would miss. I really am happy that they are using it for something and that it would help people, but my medicine is in the satisfaction of the smoke; like drinking your favorite childhood soda or a meal that only grandma can make. Emotional medicine. Plus Jack has always help with my anxiety.
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Re: Big Pharma set to take over medical marijuana market [Re: DoDahDay]
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I think this is where the line between recreational drug use and medicinal kinda blur. The flavors and whatnot i would immediately associate with the recreational market. Here's my two cents, if big pharma wants mmj, they'll get it eventually. If they want us out, they'll get us out violently if necessary. It's time to push full legalization and let pharma have the medical market. If we don't succeed in full legalization before they force us out of the medical market, it will all just go back underground, and I don't think any of us really want that. Just my thoughts.
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Re: Big Pharma set to take over medical marijuana market [Re: DoDahDay]
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Requirements for Schedule 1: A) The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse. B) The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States. C) There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision
Okay, we all know cannabis doesn't fit any of the conditions. So how does it being dropped one level help anyone but big pharm? It would join the ranks such favorites as methamphetamine, morphine (along with just about any opium derived drugs including opium itself) and cocaine. Which all are quite illegal to have without a doctor's prescription. The people who would benefit the most are going to be helped the least.
Plus they don't want the plant to be recognized as medicine they want their extracts, tinctures, and synthetics to be an anti-venom of sorts i.e. made from venom/poison but trough the magic of chemistry altered in such a way that its cure what ales us.
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Re: Big Pharma set to take over medical marijuana market [Re: MidRange]
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batman returns and midrange bring up very good points. You make a lot of sense, midrange, it would potentially just fall in to another illegal void. I am not full versed in the scheduling of some of the other drugs out there. I working more on just a hope. Considering the facts, and everyone should be smart enough to accept this, that smoking anything is not the best thing for you, mj, in its recreational form, may always be considered a Schedule I because of this. If we dont get the legalization through, yes, big pharm will use its infinite money source to keep everything in their hands. Very good points. The good thing is the length of time for the medical field to approve something like this. At least from my knowledge.
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Re: Big Pharma set to take over medical marijuana market [Re: batman returns]
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batman returns said: I think this is where the line between recreational drug use and medicinal kinda blur. The flavors and whatnot i would immediately associate with the recreational market. Here's my two cents, if big pharma wants mmj, they'll get it eventually. If they want us out, they'll get us out violently if necessary. It's time to push full legalization and let pharma have the medical market. If we don't succeed in full legalization before they force us out of the medical market, it will all just go back underground, and I don't think any of us really want that. Just my thoughts.
they would definitely push out the medical marijuana market, but i don't see why legalization favorability would drop among citizens and senators that already support it would not all of a sudden not.
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Re: Big Pharma set to take over medical marijuana market [Re: SlightlyStoned]
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SlightlyStoned said: FUCK MAN!!! i knew this would happen. thats why ive been so against legalization. i mean sure you wouldnt get a ticket for smoking. but now weve got big business taking over. so much for the mom and pop dispensaries
yes we should keep pot illegal and continue to allow our brothers and sisters to rot in jail for non-violent drug offenses.
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Re: Big Pharma set to take over medical marijuana market [Re: yogabunny]
#14333063 - 04/22/11 12:11 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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yogabunny said:
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SlightlyStoned said: FUCK MAN!!! i knew this would happen. thats why ive been so against legalization. i mean sure you wouldnt get a ticket for smoking. but now weve got big business taking over. so much for the mom and pop dispensaries
yes we should keep pot illegal and continue to allow our brothers and sisters to rot in jail for non-violent drug offenses.

Exactly right. Apparently SlightlyStoned has never heard of microbreweries in the beer industry. There will be plenty of microgrow companies sprouting up all over the place when all out legalization takes place. Locking people up for possessing, selling, or using dried flowers from a plant will never make sense no matter how you spin it.
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Re: Big Pharma set to take over medical marijuana market [Re: SuperD]
#14333696 - 04/22/11 02:20 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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lol i just got out of prison for growing shrooms. what are you talking about i think its ok too let people rot in prison for non violent crimes. i just did that same thing and i obviously dont think its cool. its not my brothers and sisters, its me
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Re: Big Pharma set to take over medical marijuana market [Re: SlightlyStoned]
#14333725 - 04/22/11 02:27 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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SlightlyStoned said: lol i just got out of prison for growing shrooms. what are you talking about i think its ok too let people rot in prison for non violent crimes. i just did that same thing and i obviously dont think its cool. its not my brothers and sisters, its me
oh, i read again and yo comprehendo.
time to learn english for me
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Re: Big Pharma set to take over medical marijuana market [Re: SlightlyStoned]
#14333748 - 04/22/11 02:35 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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i mean brothers and sisters metaphorically, as in everyone who is currently serving double digits to life for a non-violent drug offense.
*edit.
oh i get it, you're trying to be sarcastic.
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Re: Big Pharma set to take over medical marijuana market [Re: shr]
#14333759 - 04/22/11 02:38 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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....they are only talking about legalizing a liquid form for people with end-stage cancer. We all know the dispensaries are selling the majority of their product to people with migraines, chronic pain not related to cancer, etc.
So big deal - this really has no bearing on the dispensaries, and as the article clearly shows, dispensaries are going to be under attack whether or not Sativex is allowed to be sold by big pharma.
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