I didnt side step it at all. Your moms cancer drugs would still be just as expensive no matter how much is spent on lobbying. The drug manufacturers will charge what they can get reimbursed for and insurance companies play a large roll in that. Same way with college tuition skyrocketing since student loans have become common place. Just because I dont agree with you whole heartily does not mean I dont have a valid point.

Again, I must stress, marijuana is not going to help your mothers cancer but the medications they have developed will. Without the drug companies your mother would likely already be dead. There are many problems with the system, not just the drug companies. Big pharm has plenty of problems but to act as if their meds would be dirt cheap if they didnt spend money on lobbying is naive. I could go on all day about this topic but there is no point in continuing. If you really want to address the problem start with insurance companies. If we had a single payer health care system in America it would go a long way to solve the problem but it would likely slow new drug development. There is a reason drug companies reside in the US and develop here and not countries that have nationalized healthcare and it comes down to money.