Congress Keeping Marijuana A Schedule 1 Drug

[MusterX]

It appears big pharma is very much in control of the effort to remove marijuana from its designation as a "Schedule 1" drug which means that it has no medicinal properties and is as dangerous as heroin. The House Rules Committee rejected two amendments that would have created a task force to study the possible medical uses of marijuana, specifically in regards to the epidemic of pain killer use in the United States which has also caused a spike in heroin addiction because that seems to be the drug many turn to when cut off from pain pills.

The woman in the video tells a story of how her mother has to get kidney dialysis but when they filter her blood it causes alot of pain afterwards so they give her Norco pain pills for the pain but tell her only take it if you absolutely have to because its bad for her kidneys, the very thing that is failing. So the family asks can we use marijuana instead for the pain and they are told if they do that she will be removed from the kidney donor list.

This is how desperate pharmaceutical companies are to maintain control of their drug trade. Take the narcotic pain pills that we said will hurt your failing kidneys and if you smoke marijuana instead for the pain because its more healthy then we will make sure you die waiting for a kidney you will never get.

I am absolutely disgusted that our politicians are so easily controlled by corporate donors and also how much the media continues to ignore this like its not happening.

 

[drstrangelov]

What does this have to do with a pharma company?

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

What does this have to do with a pharma company?

Did you read the OP, he explains what he sees as the connection

 

[drstrangelov]

Did you read the OP, he explains what he sees as the connection

Not very effectively, he just jumps from a treatment scenario to some idea about desperate pharma companies. There's no explanation.

 

[rearnakedchoke]

If the designation keeps trafficking a serious offense, than i am cool with it.

 

[DevilsLettuce]

Not very effectively, he just jumps from a treatment scenario to some idea about desperate pharma companies. There's no explanation.

If it gets reduced to Schedule 2 or 3 the pharmaceutical companies will be able to come in and crush the existing infrastructure for production. It would conflict with existing laws in rec states and bring in FDA oversight. It is extremely expensive to the tune that only large corporations would be able to afford the testing requirements.

We need it to be removed from the list, not merely rescheduled.

 

[clutchCAT420]

Fuck big pharma. Who do you think sponsors all those med schools. The "doctors" Ppl trust are basically just pharmacy reps. Bernie is trying his best to end big Pharmacy and big tobacco lobbyist. Enough is enough

 

[Deleted member 409801]

Not very effectively, he just jumps from a treatment scenario to some idea about desperate pharma companies. There's no explanation.

Really? Not very hard to deduce what happening.

 

[GoGOPlata915]

I've never smoked the stuff, I have friends and family that smoke a lot, I have no issue with it, I say legalize it, and each state put the money into the school systems, Colorado is a great example If I ever have get diagnosed with a terrible disease, I'd be the biggest pot head around.

 

[drstrangelov]

Really? Not very hard to deduce what happening.

I think it's easy to plaster preconceived notions over what's happening, but there's zero reference in the post to any action taken by anyone in the pharmaceutical industry.

Personally I'm all for complete legalization. But I'm not concerned about some corporate boogeyman blocking it from happening. And op didn't make any kind of strong case that I should be.

 

[El Chimpo]

muricah.... home of the pill poppers

 

[Deleted member 409801]

I think it's easy to plaster preconceived notions over what's happening, but there's zero reference in the post to any action taken by anyone in the pharmaceutical industry.

Personally I'm all for complete legalization. But I'm not concerned about some corporate boogeyman blocking it from happening. And op didn't make any kind of strong case that I should be.

Why exactly do you think it's " not happening " ? Marijuana prohibition has been about the money from the word go. I don't feel like typing a novel on my phone , but follow the money , who stands to gain .......who stands to lose and it's plain as day .

Quick Google search tells me that pfizer spent 9.4 million in disclosed lobbying dollars in 2014........how much do you think joe pot smoker spent lobbying for legislation in 2014?

 

[DevilsLettuce]

I think it's easy to plaster preconceived notions over what's happening, but there's zero reference in the post to any action taken by anyone in the pharmaceutical industry.

Personally I'm all for complete legalization. But I'm not concerned about some corporate boogeyman blocking it from happening. And op didn't make any kind of strong case that I should be.

Did you disregard my post or just not understand it?

 

[drstrangelov]

Why exactly do you think it's " not happening " ? Marijuana prohibition has been about the money from the word go. I don't feel like typing a novel on my phone , but follow the money , who stands to gain .......who stands to lose and it's plain as day .

Quick Google search tells me that pfizer spent 9.4 million in disclosed lobbying dollars in 2014........how much do you think joe pot smoker spent lobbying for legislation in 2014?

Yeah, then the next year Pfizer received expedited approval for a cancer treatment that's set to earn them tens of trillions of dollars. If you think these companies are that interested in Marijuana, you're being narrow minded. If you really want to follow the money, you need to follow it a lot further.

 

[drstrangelov]

Did you disregard my post or just not understand it?

Didnt bother to read it until just now, tbh. Lots of people talking to me. Anyway, I would generally agree. The medicinal angle has always been the thin end of the wedge, generationally I think we are about ready to talk about legalizing it because it makes people feel good and doesn't do any real harm.

 

[Deleted member 409801]

Yeah, then the next year Pfizer received expedited approval for a cancer treatment that's set to earn them tens of trillions of dollars. If you think these companies are that interested in Marijuana, you're being narrow minded. If you really want to follow the money, you need to follow it a lot further.

Here I was thinking that maybe......just maybe they lobbied to advance their general goal of expanding / maintaining all areas of their business.


And I'm the one being narrow mined.....lol

 

[DevilsLettuce]

Didnt bother to read it until just now, tbh. Lots of people talking to me. Anyway, I would generally agree. The medicinal angle has always been the thin end of the wedge, generationally I think we are about ready to talk about legalizing it because it makes people feel good and doesn't do any real harm.

Sure, but here we're not talking so much about IF legalization but Who an How. This would be a big legal wrench in the 21+ rec market as well as a government-approved monopoly of power to the drug companies.

 

[45ACP]

Fuck congress... right in the pussy

 

[drstrangelov]

Here I was thinking that maybe......just maybe they lobbied to advance their general goal of expanding / maintaining all areas of their business.


And I'm the one being narrow mined.....lol

I'm sure they did, but I'm also sure that marijuana isn't all that important to that goal. Who from Pfizer have you ever heard state concern about the impact of marijuana legalization on the bottom line? It's a non-issue, something declared important by people who have no special insight into anything, but need some villain to focus their anger.

 

[HelloJapan]

What does this have to do with a pharma company?

80% of the drugs that Big Pharm sells could be replaced by weed (pain suppressing, etc. Something that you can grow yourself, or buy for much less then what they sell...and with next to zero side effects.

Weed scares the fuck out of Big Pharm.