Supposedly, the tobacco companies have had commercial marijuana products
ready forever (I've even seen photos, but I always suspected they were
doctored up stoner's dreams).
The idea that the pharmaceutical companies would start actively researching
new designer drugs is fascinating and scary...wait, scratch that "scary",
because it can't be scarier than drug-related crime in the US.
The New York Times Magazine had a fascinating story years back on the US's
marijuana industry. it's apparently the #2 export crop and US pot technology
is in some cases extremely, uh, high. They described growers with strings of
apartments in various US states connected with sesnors to the internet. If
any of the apartments showed signs of entry, the grower would never return.
(Each apartment supposedly had low levels of crops to fly under certain
state laws if they were ever caught.) No doubt some of those growers are
good customers of RSA products!
-TD
From: "Trei, Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Tyler Durden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <cypherpunks@minder.net>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [Politech] Montana Supreme Court justice
warns Orwell's 1984 has arrived [priv]]
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 13:39:17 -0400
Tyler Durden writes:
> Yes, but the old question needs to be asked: How much of this
> crime would go away if crystal meth were legal?
Actually, if we ever managed to kill the culture of prohibition,
I suspect that crystal meth would be about as popular is bathtub
gin is today. It's terrible stuff.
I'd expect the big pharmas to start 'recreational drug' wings,
which would bring real research power to the problem of finding
highs which are fun, safe, affordable, and with minimal physical
addiction.
"I need a new drug..."
Peter Trei
