Tucker Carlson: “Why wouldn't the answer be to isolate whatever the compound…”

“You just described it, I think very well. But. So marijuana is, in your opinion, as a physician, helpful for a few. Just specific illnesses, glaucoma and low appetite. Why wouldn't the answer be to isolate whatever the compound is in marijuana that helps with appetite and glaucoma and literally medicalize it, Put it in a pill or some pharmaceutical form and then, you know, sell it like you would any other pharmaceutical? Well, they've done that for a long time. Oh, okay. I'm not the first one to think of that. Okay, so we have that. So we have that.” (38:37–38:52)

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