Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Cannabis legislation | |
Posted by: | Claudia Jachtmann | |
Date/Time: | 09/09/15 19:54:00 |
as usual it is about money (and/or power) you see the US has a patent on it since 2003 below a short summary : “Cannabinoids have been found to have antioxidant properties, unrelated to NMDA receptor antagonism. This new found property makes cannabinoids useful in the treatment and prophylaxis of wide variety of oxidation associated diseases, such as ischemic, age-related, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.The cannabinoids are found to have particular application as neuroprotectants, for example in limiting neurological damage following ischemic insults, such as stroke and trauma, or in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and HIV dementia.” link to patent here : https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/US-patent-6630507.pdf this is an excerpt from the Economist : 'Marijuana is medically useful, whether politicians like it or not Apr 27th 2006 IF CANNABIS were unknown, and bioprospectors were suddenly to find it in some remote mountain crevice, its discovery would no doubt be hailed as a medical breakthrough. Scientists would praise its potential for treating everything from pain to cancer, and marvel at its rich pharmacopoeia—many of whose chemicals mimic vital molecules in the human body. In reality, cannabis has been with humanity for thousands of years and is considered by many governments (notably America's) to be a dangerous drug without utility.' rest of the story here : http://www.economist.com/node/6849915 as far as i am aware there are similar issues in the UK, re patents and who gets to profit from it Philip Walsh used to write extensively about it on here, writing to ministers etc you can find the posts by searching for 'cannabis' on here |