NORML Blog, Marijuana Law Reform » antioxidants http://blog.norml.org Working to reform marijuana laws Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:45:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 US Government Patents Medical Pot http://blog.norml.org/2008/07/03/us-government-patents-medical-pot/ http://blog.norml.org/2008/07/03/us-government-patents-medical-pot/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:49:51 +0000 Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director http://blog.norml.org/2008/07/03/us-government-patents-medical-pot/ The extent of the federal government’s hypocrisy on the issue of medicinal cannabis truly knows no bounds. Don’t believe me? Just click here.

(Thanks to Huffington Post blogger Brinna for the link.)

US Patent 6630507 – Cannabinoids as antioxidants and neuroprotectants

Application: filed on 2/02/2001

US Patent Issued on October 7, 2003

Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services  

And there you have it. The same federal government that steadfastly denies pot has any medicinal value also holds the medical patents on the plant’s various therapeutic cannabinoids. And they aren’t the only ones who do.

NORML podcaster Russ Belville and I will be discussing this issue in depth — as well as the related issue of whether or not Big Pharma is behind the prohibition of pot — on the Daily Audio Stash next week.

Stay tuned.

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