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Fritz Walter

(4,349 posts)
Wed May 6, 2015, 12:25 PM May 2015

This just in: GOP POTUS candidates' stated positions on legalization

From the article it wasn't clear whether or not they were asked the logical follow-up question: "How much in campaign contributions are you accepting from Big Pharma (the industry that has the most to lose if Cannabis is legalized)?"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/06/heres-what-the-presidenti_n_7184508.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/06/heres-what-the-presidenti_n_7184508.html

Thanks, HuffPo! That clears things up!

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This just in: GOP POTUS candidates' stated positions on legalization (Original Post) Fritz Walter May 2015 OP
Link? lamp_shade May 2015 #1
Link added Fritz Walter May 2015 #2
LOL @ Carly who thinks we don't know what's in Cannabis. tridim May 2015 #3
Would have done her a world of good! Fritz Walter May 2015 #4
Freedom haters. WDIM May 2015 #5
Big pharma would be hurt by legalization, but the private prison industry would be killed. Scuba May 2015 #6

Fritz Walter

(4,349 posts)
4. Would have done her a world of good!
Wed May 6, 2015, 01:01 PM
May 2015

...if she had at least tried it. I'm glad her doctor at least held that out as an option.

She's obviously pandering to the ultra-conservative base, but there is NO COMPARISON between THC and the poisons currently prescribed for cancer patients.

You're correct, though: Carly takes DERP to a new level!

WDIM

(1,662 posts)
5. Freedom haters.
Wed May 6, 2015, 01:13 PM
May 2015

Of course they are freedom haters they are republicans.

Nevermind the devine right of humans to grow their own plants for food and medicine. Nanny state knows what is best.

Im sure not only is big pharma behind their policy but the LEO and Prison industries are big donors as well.


 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
6. Big pharma would be hurt by legalization, but the private prison industry would be killed.
Wed May 6, 2015, 01:28 PM
May 2015

And that would be a very good thing.

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