Big Pharma hates pot (And continued marijuana prohibition is hurting millions of people)

It sure does.

I mean why would anyone want a non-physically addictive painkiller, appetite inducer, relaxant, treatment for MS, and arthritis, and Crohn’s Disease, and a myriad of other ailments that costs almost nothing at all? Why on earth would anyone want to be able to wander into one’s garden and pick off a few free buds for effective treatment when one could get prescription for an expensive pill made in a factory somewhere and which in some cases is physically addictive?

Time to end this prohibition.

(From LewRockwell.com)

Earlier this month, the agency delivered its verdict: Marijuana will remain a Schedule 1 substance. As reported by Newsweek:⁶

“The decision is the DEA’s response to a 2011 petition by two former state governors who had urged federal agencies to reclassify marijuana as a drug with accepted medical uses.

In a letter to the petitioners, the DEA said it had asked the Department of Health and Human Services [HHS] for a scientific and medical evaluation of the issue.

‘HHS concluded that marijuana has a high potential for abuse, has no accepted medical use in the United States and lacks an acceptable level of safety for use even under medical supervision,’ the letter said.”

This really challenges logic on many fronts. For starters, in October 2003, the HHS actually obtained a patent for marijuana as a “neural protectant,” claiming it can protect your brain against stroke and trauma.⁷

How can the HHS own a patent for the medical use of marijuana on the one hand, while concluding that “marijuana has no accepted medical use … and lacks an acceptable level of safety for use even under medical supervision” on the other?

DEA and HHS Should Be Abolished

With this decision, the DEA and HHS have completely lost all credibility, proving they will act AGAINST the public good if it means protecting corporate interests. The hypocrisy is so blatant it’s infuriating.

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