Pubdate: Tue, 14 Jun 2005
Source: Rockford Register Star (IL)
Copyright: 2005 Rockford Register Star
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Author: Kirk Muse
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05.n917.a09.html

DRUG COMPANIES BENEFIT

I agree with your thoughtful editorial: "Congress should make medical
marijuana legal" (June 8). Will they? Probably not.

The prime beneficiary of the Supreme Court's ruling is the U.S.
pharmaceutical industry. The pharmaceutical industry doesn't want an
easy-to-grow herb replacing its very expensive, patented medications.

The U.S. pharmaceutical industry is America's most profitable
industry, and it wants to keep it that way. Why do Americans pay more
than anybody else on the planet for prescription medications?

Primarily because of the "favors" granted by the U.S.
Congress.

And the U.S. pharmaceutical industry essentially "owns" the Congress. See
the Web site: www.saynotodrugs.org

Follow the money and you will know how and why.

Kirk Muse

Mesa, Ariz. former Rockford and Freeport resident
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