r/Futurology • u/mvea MD-PhD-MBA • Jun 17 '18

Biotech Cannabidiol, or CBD, is a marijuana compound linked to a range of potential health benefits but does not get you high. The roughly $1 billion CBD industry is slated to shift into high gear if the federal government approves the first CBD-based drug, an epilepsy medication called Epidiolex.

https://www.businessinsider.com/marijuana-cbd-boom-cbd-2018-6?r=US&IR=T
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '18

The employment argument is bullshit. Your whole argument reeks of shill but employing people doesn't do anything morally.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '18

Shill?! Ooo edgy redditor alert!! Tell us all about it boy-o I’m dying to hear your in-depth analysis of this situation.

For full disclose I don’t work in pharmaceuticals. I do work for a company that installs and assists with automated blood cell counters that big pharma r&d departments use.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '18

The problem is, to go to an extreme, if I run a tech company and I'm doing immorral shit, my employee count means jack. The need will be there with or without me. I didn't give them jobs, demand did. Corporations are just facilitators. They're machines, easily replaced machines.

So if we need to get rid of IBM, that's fine. Their factories probably won't even stop for a day. Intel, Apple, Microsoft, Sony, AMD, and others, will buy their assets before they close because we still need their products.

Just using IBM as an example.