On 6/21/2018 11:50 AM, Oren wrote:
On Thu, 21 Jun 2018 08:07:07 -0700, Bob F wrote:
No wonder the Republican leaders don't want to legalize, their big
corporate donors can't handle the competition.
"Rusty Williams is the patient advocate on the West Virginia Medical
Cannabis Advisory Board. He said a survey of states that have legalized
medical marijuana showed a sharp drop in Medicaid drug spending.
"They're seeing a collective annual savings of $156 billion,€ť Williams
said. €śPeople are opting to pay out-of-pocket for cannabis rather than
have their insurance pay for pharmaceuticals."
also
"On a human level, they point to a study in the Journal of the American
Medical Association finding states with legal medical cannabis saw an
average 25 percent reduction in opiate overdoses. "
Read it at:
https://www.publicnewsservice.org/20...ution/a62988-1
Oh my gosh Bob. You can't find a single case where Democrats took
money from big pharma. Say it ain't so Bob.
The whole medical marijuana thing is just a smoke screen by the pot
heads to get it legalized. Only legitimate use that I know of is
marinol and the pure chemical is used:
https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-9...l-oral/details
In spite of what they like to tell you, marijuana has been thoroughly
tested by the drug companies and even if it is sometimes effective on an
illness, there are much better drugs available.