Quote Originally Posted by TAH View Post
I'm talking about big picture, not just Jamaica. If there is money to be made, they will eventually get involved. There is a very large pharmaceutical company in the UK that has been quietly filing patents on very particular cannabinoid ratio's, which brings up some very interesting ethical questions...
Whether or not this is baloney, I am not sure... Our media here makes me wonder constantly... Apparently though, there is a shortage of (legal) pot in Washington state, as the process to become licensed is so onerous. It makes me wonder when I see the article as was posted in the gleaner, and your commentary regarding the UK, if it is just a foregone conclusion that big business will take over. I don't partake, but I am well aware of the many industrial uses available for hemp on a generalized basis, let alone the recreational and medicinal values of ganja. If there is money to be made, the corporations will find a way to take it.

I don't think there will be a class war, I think that corporations will just have their way as always seems to be the case. Kinda sad, really.