This literally made me sick to my stomach.

Two things.

1. Read this, it is eye opening. There is a special place in hell for these lobbyist, I truly believe.

2. Just think of all the money that could be used to fight the meth epidemic if the war on weed was aborted for the useless failure it is.


http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/08/meth-pseudoephedrine-big-pharma-lobby


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deadheadbill said:

2. Just think of all the money that could be used to fight the meth epidemic if the war on weed was aborted for the useless failure it is.

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It is almost unbelievable (I only believe it because our country is so ass-backwards in many ways), no doubt about it. Legalization will happen sooner or later... but I hope we are all surprised and it turns out to be sooner.

Yeah this shit is unreal

Bits of the article irk me, because morphine can be turned into diamorphine (heroin) with only AA and an oven (nicknamed 'homebake') and AA is stupid easy to source to the point where I could have it delivered via USPS to my door if I wanted. Granted, I would still need a controlled substance (morphine)...

In any case, pharm companies are in it for the money. The Adderall "shortage" was bullshit because the patent on it was going to expire... So you cause an artificial shortage and push a new magical drug called Vyvanse instead (with new patents so there can be no generics).

How about Purdue Pharmaceutical giving all-expense paid vacations to doctors to promote OxyContin? How long did it take them to produce a "new" formulation of it that was "abuse-proof?" Stupidly enough, the abuse deterrent can be defeated with nothing more than a shot of warm Coca Cola.

Yeah, seriously... Warm cola. Drop the pill, give it a few hours for the acidic coke to melt the matrix, and you're left with almost entirely instant-release oxycodone that you can just drink. Effects roughly similar to an equipotent dose of already-IR oxycodone with a bit longer duration.

And it goes on and on.