You're right. Big Pharma controls numerous politicians; BP hedge their bets by giving lavishly to both parties to protect their hegemony. Too much money and power for now in Schedule 1 status quo; O and H bob and weave as gvt picks off OTC MMJ firms. All the while protecting GWP, a vehicle the oligarchs will use when they're done culling the herd. A Republic? That was so yesterday, they say. "What fools these mortals be." -W.S.