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by GuB-42 783 days ago
> I strongly believe THC/CBD are more like medicine

> Don't believe it's for everyone

A prescription drug then. Pharmas and the rest of the for-profit medical world will love this. And so will the street drug market for the off-medical use.

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Pharmas love things they can patent. You can't patent THC or CBD. That was the parent posters point.
They actually can. Not the molecules themselves, but a specific formulation of it, that according to their studies, is somehow better that what existed before.

Adderall is just Amphetamine, that it has been known for decades didn't stop the patent. That's because it is a specific formulation.

Janssen Pharmaceuticals managed to find a way to get a patent on ketamine with Spravato. I'm sure a clever scientist will find a way to patent some aspect of Cannabis once it's rescheduled.