Pubdate: Wed, 20 May 2015
Source: Patriot-News, The (PA)
Copyright: 2015 The Patriot-News
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Author: Michael Groff

PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES DON'T WANT MEDICAL MARIJUANA, SO PROFITS WIN AGAIN

I will admit that I am a cynic, but that was thrust upon me by the 
circumstances of life and our government.

Someone once wrote or said, "Don't argue with a cynic because all of 
the evidence is on their side." I watched a news broadcast recently 
where a House representative said they have never legalized a drug 
not backed by the Food and Drug Administration. Let us take that a 
few steps further. The FDA will not legalize a drug that the American 
Medical Association does not want, and the AMA will not OK a drug 
that the large pharmaceutical companies do not want. They would lose 
a huge source of revenue.

One more time in America we are governed by money. The FDA has 
approved drugs significantly worse than medical marijuana. Our 
representatives hide behind statements such as, "It needs more study" 
(that should hold it off for another 10 years or so). They won't pass 
a law that doesn't have the blessing of the large pharmas through the 
FDA. That would interrupt the money flow.

The doctors want the ability to prescribe this, and the people the 
Legislature represents overwhelmingly think it should be passed. So, 
if the Legislature is not representing their constituency, who are 
they representing?

MICHAEL GROFF, North Cornwall Twp., Lancaster County
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