As for using marijuana as medicine, Sabet said the proper path should be one where components of marijuana are studied and possibly approved by the Food & Drug Administration for use in pharmaceuticals.
"You synthesize and deliver it in the way we deliver medicines in this country," he said, "through pharmacies — not dispensaries with 300-pound bouncers, bars on the windows and neon lights."
Drug companies are not happy when they don't get a slice of the pie. I'm surprised they haven't tried taking over the alcohol industry...i.e. red wine being medicinal etc.!