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by muhfuhkuh 3270 days ago
A pharma company was the largest donor to an anti-marijuana legalization movement in AZ.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/03/big-pharma-m...

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That's because Insys makes fentanyl. Fentanyl is abused, so everyone points to them and says "What are you doing to stop drug abuse?". So they write a fat check to stop "drug abuse". The fact it was marijuana legalization doesn't matter, it served it's purpose.

And that was one company.