RE:Fooey on the FDA Sessions and Big Pharma.Fooey...did you read the updated article. Aphria isn't pulling out of the USA. They are reorganizing how they hold Cooperstate inorder to keep the TSX happy.
canucks444 wrote: I for one am glad Aphria pulled out of the US. Lets face it big money controls everything and you dont get much bigger than the drug industry. I bet they are behind jeff sessions marijuana crusade. There is great resistance from the pharmaceuticals down there. There worst nightmare that marijuana cures cancer. There have been studys that have found the active compounds in marijuana, cannabidiol, exerts a cancer-preventive effect in mice. Purdue Pharma and Abbott Laboratories, makers of the painkiller OxyContin and Vicodin, respectively, are among the largest contributors to the Anti-Drug(canmnabis) Coalition of America, according to a report in the Nation. And the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, considered one of marijuanas biggest opponents, spent nearly $19m on lobbying in 2015. The existing legal grey area makes it hard for marijuana operations that struggle with a wide range of hurdles, such as banking challenges, law enforcement conflicts and contradictory laws. But current pot restrictions are good for pharmaceutical companies that have the resources and infrastructure to navigate Food and Drug Administration approvals.