The Trillion-Dollar Question: Why Big Pharma’s Monopoly Fights to Keep Cannabis Illegal?
June 10, 2025

A recent study published in Health Economics provides a smoking gun that prohibition apologists would prefer you ignore. Researchers found that cannabis legalization reduces prescription drug spending by approximately 6% in small group insurance markets, with the effect growing stronger over time. Translation: when people can legally access cannabis, they spend less money on Big Pharma’s products.