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Originally Posted by fotze
Why not let the private companies study it, like other drugs.
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I don't know about pharmeceutical legislation, and I'm not sure if other countries have legalized medicinal marijuana yet, but I think that the Canadian government is playing a large role in the medicinal marijuana industry. In the article it said:
The company has signed a one-year contract extension with Health Canada to grow the medical marijuana and has received its largest order in the past five years
Which leads me to believe that this is different than just another ADHD or depression drug. Marijuana itself is pretty controversial, and I think that since Canada is probably one of the few countries that have legalized it for medical purposes, it is up to the government to make sure that there is no long term effects etc.