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The Trillion-Dollar Question: Why Big Pharma’s Monopoly Fights to Keep Cannabis Illegal?

A recent study published in Health Economics provides a smoking gun that prohibition apologists would prefer you ignore. Researchers found that cannabis legalization reduces prescription drug spending by approximately 6% in small group insurance markets, with the effect growing stronger over time. Translation: when people can legally access cannabis, they spend less money on Big Pharma’s products.

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