11-18-2017, 09:50 AM
There are a few different ways to look at this, but in the end it's always big pharma that want's to cash in on a particular substance in the chemical game. MaryJ now legal in many states, the people wanted it, now the state can benefit from it. Eventually Big Pharma will come in to play somewhere. As of now it hasn't as much as I thought, so that is the only substance out of everything that the People have spoken out about, got their way and small mom and pop places are making money off the ruling. Every other time, big pharma swoops it up. We will see what happens the next few years with this one.
Sodium Oxybate is always one of my favorites to mention in this debate. Class one felony at the end of it's line as a free market item. Known as Renutrient at first for body builders, then it's name became GHB party drug, then it's name became GHB date rape drug, then in 2001 the Samantha Reid act passed and it was made a class one felony after 15 years of free market use. The year it was made a class one felony, big pharma stepped in with Jazz Pharmaceuticals took the Class One felony, went to the FDA and all of a sudden with the right paperwork and money, Jazz got the class one to stick for anyone using for personal use, but not as it was studied in making a drug for narcolepsy. Now the FDA had a drug on the list for the first time in history that was a class 1 and class 3 at the same time. Made zero sense, except, BIG PHARMA was about to capitalize on the substance and got it out of peoples hands. Huge raids all over the country grabbing everyone that had their own, putting people in jail and scaring the public into mercy and no one purchased it. What once WAS $14 DOLLARS! to make 16 oz, now BIG PHARMA charges quote " The cost for Xyrem oral liquid (500 mg/mL) is around $4,219 for a supply of 180 milliliters, depending on the pharmacy you visit. Prices are for cash paying customers only and are not valid with insurance plans." That isn't even 16 oz, so this is insane at what they've done to this chemical and the price they expect people to pay. It is touted as a wonder drug for narcolepsy with cataplexy, yet you will charge these prices when for a fact it cost pennies to your dollars. Unbelievable. The entire way it went down has always shown me how big pharma like something, big pharma get something.
Kratom is the next one on their list.... same story as above... re-entroduced to the public at 100x the cost as before. Sad that it happens, but I see it will always happen like this unless there are big changes in how people and government view what type of rights people have to their own health and wellbeing. As soon as you pay for insurance, you are apart of the machine.
Sodium Oxybate is always one of my favorites to mention in this debate. Class one felony at the end of it's line as a free market item. Known as Renutrient at first for body builders, then it's name became GHB party drug, then it's name became GHB date rape drug, then in 2001 the Samantha Reid act passed and it was made a class one felony after 15 years of free market use. The year it was made a class one felony, big pharma stepped in with Jazz Pharmaceuticals took the Class One felony, went to the FDA and all of a sudden with the right paperwork and money, Jazz got the class one to stick for anyone using for personal use, but not as it was studied in making a drug for narcolepsy. Now the FDA had a drug on the list for the first time in history that was a class 1 and class 3 at the same time. Made zero sense, except, BIG PHARMA was about to capitalize on the substance and got it out of peoples hands. Huge raids all over the country grabbing everyone that had their own, putting people in jail and scaring the public into mercy and no one purchased it. What once WAS $14 DOLLARS! to make 16 oz, now BIG PHARMA charges quote " The cost for Xyrem oral liquid (500 mg/mL) is around $4,219 for a supply of 180 milliliters, depending on the pharmacy you visit. Prices are for cash paying customers only and are not valid with insurance plans." That isn't even 16 oz, so this is insane at what they've done to this chemical and the price they expect people to pay. It is touted as a wonder drug for narcolepsy with cataplexy, yet you will charge these prices when for a fact it cost pennies to your dollars. Unbelievable. The entire way it went down has always shown me how big pharma like something, big pharma get something.
Kratom is the next one on their list.... same story as above... re-entroduced to the public at 100x the cost as before. Sad that it happens, but I see it will always happen like this unless there are big changes in how people and government view what type of rights people have to their own health and wellbeing. As soon as you pay for insurance, you are apart of the machine.
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