Inkampani kagwayi enkulukazi emhlabeni, iPhilip Morris International, isingene ngokusemthethweni ebhizinisini le-cannabinoid.
Kusho ukuthini lokhu? Kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1950 kuya ko-1990, ukubhema kwakubhekwa njengomkhuba “opholile” ngisho nesesekeli semfashini emhlabeni wonke. Ngisho nezihlabani zaseHollywood zivame ukubonisa ukubhema kumabhayisikobho, okuwenza abonakale njengezimpawu ezithambile. Ukubhema kuyinto evamile futhi yamukelwa emhlabeni wonke. Nokho, lesi simo asithathanga isikhathi eside, njengoba ubufakazi bomdlavuza nezinye izinkinga zempilo ezibulalayo ezibangelwa ugwayi ekugcineni okuholela ekufeni abunakushaywa indiva. Iziqhwaga eziningi zikagwayi ziye zagqugquzela ukuthandwa kukagwayi, okwenza kube lula ngabantu ukuba bafinyelele kuwo. UPhilip Morris International (PMI) ungomunye wabashayeli abakhulu, futhi kuze kube namuhla, usengumdlali omkhulu embonini kagwayi. Ngokwe-World Health Organization, ukubhema kubangela ukufa kwabantu abangaba yizigidi ezingu-8 emhlabeni wonke. Ngokusobala, ngokukhuphuka kwensangu, uPhilip Morris International naye ufuna ucezu lukaphayi.
Umlando weNkampani kaPhilip Morris Wokuthakasela kuCannabis
Uma uphenya umlando walesi sikhondlakhondla sikagwayi sokuthakasela insangu, ungase umangale ukuthola ukuthi isithakazelo sikaPhilip Morris insangu singalandelelwa kusukela ngo-1969, neminye imibhalo yangaphakathi efakazela ukuthi inkampani yayinesithakazelo kumandla ensangu. Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi ababoni nje insangu njengomkhiqizo ongase ube khona, kodwa futhi njengombangi. Eqinisweni, imemo evela ku-1970 yaze yabonisa ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi uPhilip Morris abone ukugunyazwa kwensangu ngokusemthethweni. Ngokusheshisa ku-2016, uPhilip Morris wenze utshalomali olukhulu olubiza amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-20 eSyqe Medical, inkampani yakwa-Israeli ye-biotechnology esebenza ngensangu yezokwelapha. Ngaleso sikhathi, u-Syqe wayenza i-inhaler ye-cannabis yezokwelapha enganikeza iziguli imithamo ethile ye-cannabis yezokwelapha. Ngokwesivumelwano, u-Syqe uzophinde asebenzele ukuthuthukisa ubuchwepheshe obuthile obukhethekile ukuze u-Philip Morris akwazi ukunciphisa umonakalo obangelwa ukubhema empilweni. Ngo-2023, uPhilip Morris wafinyelela esivumelwaneni sokuthola iSyqe Medical ngo-$650 million, inqobo nje uma iSyqe Medical ihlangabezana nemibandela ethile. Embikweni kaCalcalist, lokhu kuthengiselana kuyingqopha-mlando, okubalulekile ukuthi uma i-inhaler ye-Syqe Medical iphumelela ukuhlolwa komtholampilo, u-Philip Morris uzoqhubeka nokuthola wonke amasheya enkampani enani elishiwo ngenhla.
Khona-ke, uPhilip Morris wenza omunye umnyakazo buthule!
NgoJanuwari 2025, uPhilip Morris wakhipha umbiko kwabezindaba echaza ukubambisana nokusungulwa kwebhizinisi elihlanganyelwe phakathi kwenkampani engaphansi kwayo i-Vectra Fertin Pharma (VFP) kanye nenkampani yaseCanada ye-biotechnology i-Avicanna, egxile ekwakhiweni kwezidakamizwa ze-cannabinoid. Ngokusho kombiko wabezindaba, ukusungulwa kwaleli bhizinisi elihlanganyelwe kuhloswe ngazo ukukhuthaza ukufinyeleleka nokucwaninga kwe-cannabis. U-Avicanna usevele wathatha isikhundla esiphezulu emkhakheni wezempilo. Kodwa-ke, ukukhishwa kwabezindaba akusho neze ukubandakanyeka kukaPhilip Morris, kodwa kuyacaca ukuthi iziqhwaga zikagwayi kudala zinentshisekelo embonini ye-cannabis. Kusukela ngo-2016, lapho beqala ukusebenzisana ne-Syqe Medical, yagqamisa intshisekelo yenkampani emkhakheni wezempilo, futhi lokhu kubambisana no-Avicnana kwaqinisa lokhu.
Izinguquko ezimweni zengqondo nemikhuba yabathengi
Eqinisweni, kunengqondo ukuthi iziqhwaga zikagwayi zishintshele kwi-cannabis noma emkhakheni wezempilo. Njengoba isisho sibonisa, uma ungakwazi ukubehlula, joyina! Kusobala ukuthi inani lababhemayo liye lehla eminyakeni yamuva. Isizukulwane esisha sabathengi manje sesigqashula emigomeni kagwayi notshwala sesiphendukela ekudleni insangu. UPhilip Morris akuyena kuphela umdondoshiya kagwayi onentshisekelo emakethe ye-cannabis. Kusukela ngo-2017, inkampani yase-US ephethe i-Altria Group yaqala ukuhlukanisa ibhizinisi layo likagwayi futhi yatshala u-$ 1.8 billion kumholi we-cannabis waseCanada uCronos Group. I-Altria Group inezinkampani eziningana ezinkulu zaseMelika, okuhlanganisa noPhilip Morris, futhi ngisho newebhusayithi yayo manje inesiqubulo esithi “Ngaphandle Kokubhema”. Esinye isiqhwaga sikagwayi, iBritish American Tobacco (BAT), sikhombise nentshisekelo enkulu ewugwayi. Sekuyisikhathi manje, ugwayi waseBrithani waseMelika ucwaninga ngemikhiqizo yensangu, ikakhulukazi ijova i-CBD ne-THC kugwayi we-elekthronikhi othengiswa ngaphansi kwemikhiqizo yakwaVuse neVype. Ngo-2021, iBritish American Tobacco yaqala ukuhlola imikhiqizo yayo ye-CBD e-UK. IRenault Tobacco, nayo esebenzisana neBritish American Tobacco, isicabange ukungena embonini yensangu. Ngokwemibhalo yayo yangaphakathi, kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1970, iRenault Tobacco Company yabona insangu njengethuba kanye nembangi.
Isifinyezo
Ekugcineni, insangu ayilona usongo lwangempela embonini kagwayi. Imboni kagwayi kufanele iziqaphele ngoba ngempela ugwayi ungadala umdlavuza futhi uholele ekufeni kwabantu. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, insangu ingumngane kunokuba isitha: njengoba ukwanda okusemthethweni kokugunyazwa nokwanda okuqhubekayo kokusetshenziswa kwensangu kufakazela ukuthi ingasindisa izimpilo ngempela. Nokho, ubudlelwano phakathi kukagwayi nensangu busathuthuka futhi buthuthuka. Ngokugunyaza insangu, iziqhwaga zikagwayi zingafunda ezinseleleni nasemathubeni atholwa insangu. Kodwa-ke, into eyodwa ecacile: ukwehla kokusetshenziswa kukagwayi kuyithuba elibalulekile le-cannabis, njengoba abantu abaningi ngokwengeziwe benethemba lokusebenzisa imikhiqizo enempilo esikhundleni sikagwayi. Ukwenza isibikezelo, singaqhubeka nokubona iziqhwaga zikagwayi zitshala imali ezinkampanini zensangu, njengoba sibonile esibonelweni esishiwo ngenhla. Lokhu kubambisana kuyizindaba ezinhle ngempela kuzo zombili izimboni, futhi sithemba ukubona ukusebenzisana okunjalo okwengeziwe!
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Feb-11-2025