Anti-Marijuana Academics Tied to Pain-Killer Manufacturers

By NIGEL JAQUISS

It's easy to understand the general motivations of those who support Measure 91, the marijuana legalization initiative on the November ballot: consumers, entrepreneurs and libertarians.

As WW has reported, the opposition to Measure 91 comes from law enforcement and some healthcare officials.

What Oregonians haven't yet seen is the influence of the pharmaceutical companies who manufacture prescription painkillers.

Reporter Lee Fang, who earlier wrote about big pharma's opposition to legalization for The Nation, has a new piece in VICE magazine that highlights the funding that prominent academic critics of legalization have received from large prescription painkiller manufacturers. 

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