There is a bit of truth in this remark, but let us explore - deeper. Good quality cannabis would sell for about $2.00 per ounce instead of from $100. to several hundred per ounce if it weren't for our government spending over 10 Billion dollars per year and arresting about 700,000 otherwise innocent citizens per year to deliberately inflate the price.
Incidentally - in the 60 Minutes show last evening the lead segment was a story about how hospitals charge uninsured citizens way more money than is charged to patients covered by insurance and Medicaid. It was pointed out that cardiovascular stents cost up to $3000. per each + other hospital costs. Now compare that to Marc Emery selling cannabis seed and we get back to Mojave's remark about making money. Some people need stents in their veins to continue living and we have a few companies charging huge prices for relatively small pieces of metal. Marc Emery was simply making it possible for U.S. citizens to acquire cannabis at about the $2.00 per ounce price instead of from possibly dangerous sources at the government inflated price. This is the skimpy on this point. If I didn't make it clear enough, just ask and I'll elaborate.
Fascinating take on the show. I like your comparison with the medical story. Profit is the motive for nearly everything and profit seekers are often corrupted by their quests, even to the point of gouging innocent medical victims. Ironically, medical mistreatment is an argument for those stints as well as medical marijuana.