The tobacco and alcohol industries take a very dim view of the gradual legalization of cannabis in the United States. Cannabis is a new competitor on the drug market, but above all, people smoke fewer cigarettes and drink less alcohol when they have consumed cannabis.
Alcohol and cannabis don't mix
Wikileaks has uncovered links between the liquor lobby Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America and the Democratic convention. Lobbyists allegedly backed certain delegates to prevent Bernie Sanders from being nominated as a candidate during the primary. The only candidate who wanted to legalize on a national level lost the primary race.
In the emails revealed by Wikileaks, the liquor lobby wanted Democrats to: «adopt measures and regulations to protect the public from cannabis abuse and misuse».
This lobby was also at the origin of a controversy about dangers of cannabis behind the wheel. He argued that cannabis consumption increased the probability of a fatal accident. True, cannabis multiplies the chances of an accident by 3, but alcohol multiplies them by 8. The lobby wanted zero tolerance for drivers on THC. The laws on maximum THC levels behind the wheel have not changed.
Jeanmarmoud
August 12, 2016 at 16 h 23 min
It seems so obvious! Who will denounce the enormous power of the pharmaceutical lobbies in Europe, where cannabis is ultra-prohibited while codeine (an opiate), paracetamol (extremely dangerous for the liver and kidneys) and powerful antidepressants are available in pharmacies, etc., and what's more, they're reimbursed by the social security system! Not to mention the numerous scandals involving Gardasil, Mediator, Vioxx, contaminated blood and so on!
They talk to us about public health and nobody says anything because they're supposed to take care of us. It makes me puke, please stop taking drugs all the time. Ask yourself questions when your doctor prescribes a BRAND of medicine and not a drug. When, for a simple headache, you have to take 4 or 5 medications. Alternative medicine is denigrated in Europe and especially in France. The government is subservient to the pharmaceutical lobbies and would have us believe that opiates are better for our health than cannabis, for example, to such an extent that any debate is completely aborted. The worst scourge in Europe is the pharmaceutical lobbies! Please listen to my message...