u got it. big pharm would go broke, so wall street goes undo, government wont get their $$. its just cockblocking in its biggest form.big pharma cant make money if joe shmo can grow his own dank in his back yard.
i agree with tip top ... again..Big pharm would in no way go broke, cannabis is only good for so many things and to such an extent with regard to it being used for medicinal reasons, and a lot of people would not use it if offered by a doctor anyway (not for the time being that is, there are far too many who will not change their stance on it being a mind altering drug) but it would certainly dig into their profits a bit.
Not just opiates and benzos ... but blood pressure meds, cholesterol managing pills, antibiotics and a wide variety of drugs for conditions weed cannot touch. I rely on muzzled tryptamines to manage my worse headaches. All these were invented by folks in the nice white coats working at chemical benches. Wanna know job satisfaction? See a commercial for the new diaper-in-a-pill and say "I sent that one for its first bioassay." cni agree with tip top ... again..
but yah, there is no way in hell big pharma is gong to go broke if weed is legalized.. people are still going to take opiates and benzo's till the end of time.. firstly because they're addictive, and secondly, you get way more buzz from either product over weed ime..
not only that, but come on, weed doesn't cure everything.. if i have a wicked headaches, i can't get hear weed, yet an asprin does the trick... despite what some people think, weed is not the end all, be all, cure all drug they make it out to be..
and lastly agreeing with tip top, not everyone is going to smoke weed if offered.. my 73 year old mother who has been told weed is the evil drug all of her life isn't suddenly going to start smoking weed if it were legal, or a legal alternative to some of her other meds..
big pharma makes big money on things that weed simply isn't a substitute for..
The other premises are in trouble also. There are better crops than C. sativa for paper and oil ... and the oil crops haven't exactly made a dent in demand for petroleum. It's difficult and expensive to make proper Super Unleaded from biomass. cnI don't think this thread is about bigpharma going broke. it's bigger than that