heres an article on that patent from the original article i posted...
http://www.tokeofthetown.com/2011/06/worth_repeating_govt_holds_patent_for_cannabinoids.phpits the Government again, controlling sh!t and letting companies like big Pharms pay them off to peddle drugs that you nor i can grow or take legally by federal law...
you cant grow Opium Poppys because they are illegal, and Opium is a controlled substance and Narcotic... but they will sure as hell let a company process it down and make it more powerful, then sell it to you for a high price....
you cant grow weed legally, but the US Government will patent it, then make stuff out of it, and sell it to you at a high price...
that makes sense, i never thought about how logical it was until now....
heres some logical thinking:
"Pay no attention to the fact that cannabis use predates human civilization. How do you make it illegal for people but not corporations? Equal treatment under the law is for people and access to medicine.
Patenting cannabis is like patenting corn and all the products it makes, and then telling me I can’t grow corn in my backyard. How do you patent nature, restrict people’s access to it and then charge them to use it while you are making a big profit?"
this is the part i find really messed up in all of it tho...
“This invention relates to the use of phytocannabinoids, either in an isolated form or in the form of a botanical drug substance. In the treatment of cancer.
a botanical drug substance would be the bud itself... which they now have a patent for... something that grows naturally, is a weed....
quick, someone go patent Dandylions... hold up, i didnt say that, gotta run!!!