Lew: If Big-Pharma could figure out an effective way to limit marijuana production, it would quickly be given a patent on the resulting product, to be sold only by prescription ($50 per joint dose?) At this point, Mitt and other members of the political establishment would become ardent supporters of the drug, striking poses as “humanitarians” sensitive to the physical pains of others. Anyone found smoking this naturally-occurring plant would then be prosecuted for patent infringement.

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