victor809 wrote:Some of those are side effects of pharmaceuticals that people complain about.
My only point is people have an irrational distrust of stuff that's well tested while simultaneously advocating an uncontrolled product of unknown concentration which was never put through formal trials.
It's irrational.
Irrational distrust of stuff that is well tested?
hmmm.....
You care to research how many people die taking "well tested" products, every year.
Or wonder how many people are addicted to "well tested" products?
There are good reasons for their distrust!
Marijuana has been used for a long time........by quite a few folks.
It's like coffee at this point.
Many people simply feel safer using marijuana, in various forms, to treat their health issues, than they are with using "traditional" pharmaceuticals. This phenomena will likely increase.
Big pharma will no doubt become a major player, and they'll buy-up the MMJ biotech start-ups as they continue to proliferate. And, big pharma will try to get control of the industry as best it can, but the cat is out of the bag, and even big pharma won't be able to put it back in, thankfully!