RE: Florida just gave the "Ok" to two dispensaries in Florida for Medicinal low-THC marijuana!
Yes, that deeper reason is the pharmaceutical companies are going to lose billions, and they know it.
In 2013, there were only 17 states allowing medicinal cannabis. In those states, only a small portion of the population used cannabis. Even so, Medicare spending for prescriptions in those states were almost $165M lower than non-medical cannabis states.
In prescriptions alone, big pharma (and the chemical companies they rely on) are going to lose multiple billions of dollars. Especially when people find out how truly inexpensive and effective it is to grow and make your own medicine.
Biggest problem? People are exposed to TRULY horrible cannabis quality and contamination. All of these pure CBD products (because thc is illegal) are very low in effectiveness because CBD needs THC to work properly. This gives people a false idea that cannabis is only marginally effective.
As more people are exposed to full plant cannabis extractions, Rx sales will go down, doctors visits will decrease and you'll watch this HealthCare Crisis (the one predicted by physicians when they made cannabis illegal) will go away.
Awesome days are coming. :D
Those numbers are also only based on Medicare records, not the majority of private insurance purchases of prescription medications as well.