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- URL: https://bevnews.net/f-y-i-2/
- Published: 2022-09-07T01:13:40.000Z
- Updated: 2022-09-07T01:13:40.000Z
- Author: Joel Whitaker

### [How Weed Became the New OxyContin](https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/how-weed-became-new-oxycontin-marijuana-psychosis-addiction?ref=bevnews.net)

Big Pharma and Big Tobacco are helping market high-potency, psychosis-inducing THC products as your mother’s ‘medical marijuana.’ "Look at the industries that pioneered the addiction business: tobacco, alcohol, and pharmaceuticals. Today, all three are heavily invested in cannabis." (Tablet)

**Comment:** We believe it is a fundamental strategic error for bev/al companies at any level to be involved in any way in the cannabis industry. We think such involvement just gives anti-alcohol advocates additional ammunition to use against you.