big pharma versus legal pot

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big pharma versus legal pot

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thought I'd veer away from the more predictable political and Muslim bashing threads. Any commentary to this one:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/healthca ... li=BBnbfcN
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Prescription opiate use, or abuse, has actually dropped in Oregon since Marijuana became legal. I guess Big Pharma doesn't want their bottom line undercut, like they don't already profit too much off of sick people anyway. :roll:
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I was surprised by the EXTENT of dropoff in the stats shown in the article.
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