The Truth About the US Government’s CBD Patent
The American government owns a CBD patent even though the plant that it comes from isn’t exactly legal on a federal level.
“The NIH may have gotten the patent to control the use of CBDs and prevent them from being added to the list of controlled substances,” said Bob Hoban, a cannabis and CBD attorney in Denver. “If the government controls the patent for CBDs, they can stop scientists and manufacturers from researching and creating synthetic CBD products.”
CBD refers to cannabinoids, which are compounds in the marijuana plant that have medical benefits without psychoactive impact.
“They have licensed this patent to companies that are creating and investigating cannabinoid compounds for the treatment of disease,” said Douglas Sorocco, a biochemist and intellectual property lawyer in Oklahoma.
KannaLife Science is one company that has obtained a license to that patent. “We have right of first refusal for non pharmaceutical products...
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