Big Pharma Would Utilize Marijuana if it Were all so Wonderful

  If marijuana is such a wonder drug, why then are not synthesized components from it already on the market?
   And, performing well?
   I have heard the reasoning that the reason marijuana is not approved for medical purposes in many states is that the pharmaceuticals do not want it approved, as the price is too low and they only want products they can charge a lot for.
   That does sound like a conspiracy theory, perhaps, as the reasoning is that the pharmaceuticals are conspiring against medical marijuana. Still, if the simple definition of a conspiracy theory is that people conspire, then yes, there are going to be conspiracy theories that are real, for people do, at times, indeed, conspire.
   But, I will tell you why I don't adhere to the theory, why I don't think it is the pharmaceuticals standing in the way of medicinal marijuana. If there are components in marijuana that do hold medical promise, they would want to utilize them. They would want to extract those components, stick them pills -- they can set the price on them -- and take advantage of them.
   But, I don't know that there are more than just two products on the U.S. market, and neither of them are setting the world on fire. We have Marinol and Cesamet, which have synthetic versions of marijuana chemicals (Dronabinol and Nabilone, respectively).
   Then there is Sativex, which has been undergoing testing for years without gaining approval. Sativex is derived from botanical marijuana, not synthetics. That it is being tested puts to rest the claim that marijuana cannot be tested since it is an illegal drug.
   Hey, Big Pharma wants to market drugs. It wants successful products. It seeks them out. It has laboratories dedicated to finding them. You think that for some reason they wouldn't look at synthesized chemicals in marijuana? I don't follow that logic.