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Appeals Court Upholds Tobacco Racketeering Rulings

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zombie5/24/2009 1:03:12 pm PDT

re: #148 Sharmuta

Your analogy still doesn’t hold. Tobacco was held responsible because they lied and concealed the effects of their product.

Will marijuana companies want to reveal the full health effects of their product? Doubtful. The warning label would be bigger than the package. And if they were compelled to do so, it would be a huge financial burden onn the manufacturer, which (as I said) would limit joint-peddling only to the multinationals that could handle the vast expense of testing, lawsuits, nationwide public service advertising, etc. Thsi ruling effectively freezes out the small-time pot dealer from participating in any future pot legalization.