"Irrelevant, and untrue, there are dozens of natural anesthetics and vasoconstrictors that grow from the ground
The sap of the coca plant is a vasoconstrictor and an anesthetic.
But it can not be patented in that form.
Unfortunately, when processed into cocaine, it is extremely addictive and quite harmful.
Yet, cocaine it is not schedule 1!
Again, WTF!"

Not untrue, no other drug (legal or not) comes close to the ability TAC provides. The relevance was the notion of why cocaine is a schedule 2. I'm not making the rules here, I'm just saying that that is why it is. Besides, this process is why it is like that because you don't get addicted or die from it when (and if) it is used in this form by a doctor. They apply it to the area, it's not like the doctor is going to chuck an eight ball into a patient's face. But I know I'd rather get caught with a little weed (which in most areas, is just a simple confiscation or citation) than a little coke which is arrested and a record.


"Weed does not have a medical use on its own, the various properties in the plant do, the parts that aren't THC which IS used in various treatments and medical aides. There is a difference.

Here, you are simply incorrect or unaware.
More research is indicated.

It is the synergy and ratios of the >60 components in Cannabis that made it a true medicinal herb, for thousands of years.

And no medication is equally effective for all people.
We are chemically, different, each and every one of us, even siblings, even twins."

I worded that wrong, I meant to imply by weed, I was specifically talking about THC. THC that gets you high isn't what helps or treats anything.. if anything, it would ease a symptom of an otherwise underlying condition. But I have read about how the part that gets you high has been removed from THC and then that has had medical promises. The only one I can think of was one I read about two months or so back with a kid who has violent seizures and he gets synthetic versions of it.

"Ignore the directions on freely available meds like aspirin, and die!"


A gross over statement, really.

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As for tobacco, I don't think that is even FDA controlled nor do I think it is used medically. I think all medical fields kind of, hate it.

"Lots of companies come and go.
There is no such thing as "simple business economics."
Too many variables, especially with risky business like pharma.
Poor business model, extreme competition, mismanagement, top-heavy pay scale, happenstance,

Bet it all on a compound that does not pan out.
Suffer manufacturing errors.
Aggressive marketing that backfires.
Kill a few hundred people and the lawsuits break them."

Yeah, that's one of the many things that does hurt the industry. But I was only talking about the issues long before and up to the point it is actually on the market. But it isn't about putting all your eggs in one basket, it's about the fact that more often than not, the R&D, testing, trials, submission, all of it doesn't go anywhere and millions are "wasted" on a failed drug or treatment.

My point is they aren't as evil as people perceive them to be. Sure, companies are in it for the money and they don't care about you or I no more than say Time Warner Cable, but they don't care about you any less either.

It's like I said, because they are in a position of such importance in developing measures for safety of general population, we hold them to a higher standard and they can never do enough to satisfy us. It's like that meme of the old wise Asian guy that says, "Pokemon Master? Why not Pokemon PhD?" They can, and never will do enough to satisfy people.
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