DUE TO THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA INDUSTRY IT SEEMS THAT
THERE HAS BEEN A DROP IN THE NUMBER OF PRESCRIPTIONS FOR
PAINKILLERS, SPECIFICALLY OPIOIDS.
THIS IS ACCORDING TO A STUDY PUBLISHED.
THEY
SPECIFICALLY LOOKED AT THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH MEDICARE D.
THEY NOTICE THAT EVER SINCE THEY HAVE LEGALIZED MEDICINAL
MARIJUANA, THEY HAD SEEN A DROP IN THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT
THE SYSTEM HAS TO SPEND ON PAINKILLERS.
KEEP IN MIND THAT MARIJUANA IS NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE
BECAUSE IT IS A SCHEDULE ONE DRUG.
THE SAVINGS YOU ARE SEEING WITH MEDICARE D IS BEING SHIFTED
ONTO THE PATIENTS AND THEY HAVE TO PAY OUT-OF-POCKET.
>> THIS IS AMAZING.
FIRST OF ALL THIS IS GREAT EVIDENCE.
WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT BLOOD THINNERS IS IMPORTANT.
THEY DON'T THINK MARIJUANA IS A MIRACLE DRUG.
ON THE OTHER HAND, WHEN PEOPLE TAKE MARIJUANA FOR PAIN AND
DEPRESSION, IT WORKS.
IT ALSO COSTS LESS OVERALL FOR SOCIETY.
THINK ABOUT ALL THE MONEY
WE CAN SAVE.
ALSO THEY ARE GOING OUT-OF-POCKET BECAUSE IT IS
NOT PART OF INSURANCE.
OLDER PEOPLE ARE SAYING I HAVE TO SMOKE POT BECAUSE IT
WORKS BETTER.
ON AVERAGE THEY SPEND ABOUT $400 A MONTH.
THEY ARE WILLING TO SPEND THAT EXTRA MONEY BECAUSE IT
WORKS SO MUCH BETTER.
IRONICALLY THEY GOT US ADDICTED TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, AND
FOR A PROFIT.
I AM OLD ENOUGH THAT I GOT BRAINWASHED INTO THINKING
MARIJUANA WAS SUPER DANGEROUS WHEN I WAS A KID.
EVERY TIME WE SEE A STORY ABOUT HOW IT COULD HELP PEOPLE
WITH CERTAIN AILMENTS, I ALWAYS FEEL SKEPTICAL.
IT TURNS OUT WE MADE THE ONE HERB THAT DOES HAVE SOME
AMAZING PROPERTIES.
IT IS HELPFUL AND HAS THE BENEFIT OF MAKING YOU HAPPY.
THAT IS THE ONE THING WE MADE ILLEGAL.
THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE.
>> YES, WE MADE IT ILLEGAL FOR RACIST REASONS, IT WAS A
WAY OF CRIMINALIZING MEXICANS.
ANOTHER REASON IS WHEN IT COMES TO OPIOIDS WE ARE NOT GOING
TO CREATE OPIODS IN OUR GARDEN.
GROWING MARIJUANA IS RELATIVELY EASY.
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES CAN COME UP WITH MARIJUANA PRODUCTS,
BUT IF THEY ARE TOO EXPENSIVE WE HAVE THE POWER TO GROW OUR OWN.
AND OF COURSE THEY DON'T LIKE THAT.
>> ANA IS RIGHT.
THIS IS CLEARLY DOCUMENTED IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
THEY MADE IT ILLEGAL BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING IN
FROM LATIN AMERICA WERE SMOKING IT.
LATER, A TOP NIXON AIDE ADMITTED THAT WE CREATED THE WAR ON
DRUGS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO TARGET OUR ENEMIES, THE
WHITE HIPPIES WHO WE THOUGHT WERE DOING DRUGS, AND BLACKS.
HE SAID IT.
WE KNOW IF WE MADE IT LEGAL, WE WOULD HAVE BETTER ANSWERS,
AND WE WOULD HAVE MORE FUN.
FOR EXAMPLE ALCOHOL.
WHAT IS THE POINT OF ALCOHOL?
FUN.
THAT DOESN'T CURE YOU OF ANYTHING.
>> IT MIGHT CURE YOU OF AWKWARD THANKSGIVING DINNERS.
>> OR OF YOUR INHIBITIONS IF YOU ARE APPROACHING A GIRL AT A BAR.
BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE AN OVERWHELMING POSITIVE VALUE.
BUT MARIJUANA ACTUALLY DOES.
AND IT IS A SCHEDULE ONE DRUG.
THE CLAIMANT IS SO DANGEROUS YOU CAN EVEN EXPERIMENT WITH IT.
THE ONE THING IT APPEARS TO BE DANGEROUS IS THE PROFITS OF
PHARMACEUTICALS.
THAT IS THE MOST POWERFUL LOBBY IN AMERICA.
>> YOU ARE RIGHT.
I LOOKED UP SOME LOBBYING NUMBERS.
THEY DID AMP UP THEIR FUNDING TO OUR POLITICIANS WHEN THE
ISSUE OF LEGALIZING MARIJUANA CAME UP.
THIS LOBBYING MONEY ISN'T ONLY RELATED TO MARIJUANA, IT'S
RELATED TO ALL THE ISSUES PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES ñ >>
2013 WAS AN OFF YEAR.
THERE WAS NO ELECTIONS.
THESE GUYS GAVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO POLITICIANS IN
LOBBYING EFFORTS.
PHARMACEUTICALS ARE JUST ONE OF THE LOBBIES.
THEY DID IT BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE GOVERNMENT
COULD NOT NEGOTIATE DRUG PRICES THAT SAVED THEM BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS.
THEY ALSO DID IT SO THERE WAS NO PUBLIC OPTION.
THIS RIGHT HERE IS COMPETITION, AND THEY CAN'T HAVE IT.