Big Pharma Terrified of Marijuana

[Valley Oak]

The Intercept_

Pharma Company Funding Anti-Pot Fight Worried About Losing Business, Filings Show
Lee Fang, Sep. 12 2016

PHARMACEUTICAL EXECUTIVES WHO recently made a major donation to an anti-marijuana legalization campaign claimed they were doing so out of concern for the safety of children — but their investor filings reveal that pot poses a direct threat to their plans to cash in on a synthetic cannabis product they have developed.

On August 31, Insys Therapeutics Inc. donated $500,000 to Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy, becoming the single largest donor to the group leading the charge to defeat a ballot measure in Arizona to legalize marijuana.
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Big Pharma Terrified That Medical Marijuana Will Kill Their Deadly Opioid Business
The Young Turks
Published on Sep 18, 2016

Major pharmaceutical companies are pulling out their check books to defeat marijuana legalization efforts around the country, and documents show that the industry is terrified about the prospects of medical marijuana eating into their opioid painkiller profits. SUBSCRIBE to Ring Of Fire: https://www.youtube.com/user/golefttv