Big Pharma means Big Business. World Wide revenues for the industry amount to approximately $600 Billion annually with the top dogs being Pfizer and Johnson and Johnson. The cancer industry alone generates over $130 Billion in the US every year. From the CDC: Deaths from drug overdose have been rising steadily over the past two decades and have become the leading cause of injury death in the United States (to the tune of 120 per day). How many Cannabis overdose deaths per year ? 0. US Patent 6630507 titled “Cannabinoids as antioxidants and neuroprotectants” which is assigned to The United States of America, as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services and yet the DEA will still tell you that Cannabis has no proven medicinal value and if you self prescribe you’re going away for a long long time unless you are lucky enough to live in a Medicinal friendly state.
If you look on the Eli Lilly website or check their wiki page you will get some vague explanation about how Mr. Lilly got his start and what his first potions actually were. This is what it says: From its facilities in Indianapolis the company manufactured and sold “ethical drugs” for use by the medical profession. […]
