Yeah, of course they wouldn't just come out and say that. They just gave plenty of money to congressmen, maybe funded studies about the harmful, moral shattering effects of marijuana and let it take it's course.
I find it easy to picture big pharma doing the same thing today to keep it illegal in all phases. It's a drug that is relatively cheap, especially as it can be grown easily at home. That cuts into the tens of thousands of dollars a year they can make on each individual for pain reduction, appetite enhancers etc...
It's a logical business decision, just not an ethical one.
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