This is an article on the legal problems created by the politicization of medical issues:

Navigating Through the Haze of Cannabis and Patents

The article begins by pointing out an obvious conflict:

• The US Patent Office has permitted patenting of Cannabis related innovations since 1942.
• The Federal government has outlawed the possession, cultivation, and distribution of marijuana since 1970 with the passage of the Controlled Substances act.

An interesting timeline of the history of Marijuana (and hemp)  in the United States can be found at the PBS Frontline web site:BUSTED: America’s war against marijuana

It will be interesting to see how this all plays out. At one, time, people were required to grow hemp, at another time, people were given draft deferments to grow hemp. I would be happy to see Cannabis legalized so that medical research could be conducted in a reasonable fashion. And so grandmothers don’t get arrested for carrying a small vial of CBD oil onto an airplane.

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