In an article on The Nation, Will Godfrey speaks to Steve DeAngelo (Executive director of Harborside Heath Center in Oakland) about Legalization and the industry... This is what he said. For those of you who enjoy our current laws but argue against legalization... pay close attention to the last 2-3 sentences. I asked him how the industry should work. “My vision is for the legal distribution to be conducted in licensed shops; licensing should be rigorous and merit-based,” he said. He is, however, open to some involvement from larger businesses, particularly when it comes to some of the specialized preparations and delivery systems that target particular ailments or body parts. “I think there is a legitimate role for pharma companies,” he said. “But 95 to 99 percent of users are not going to need or want to pay the extra cost for pharmaceutical preparations.” And should Big Pharma try to dominate, “We will go out and do what we’ve always done: Plant the seeds, grow the plants, harvest and distribute. And we will take back this industry from them.”
Posted on: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 18:38:26 +0000
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