Marijuana's march toward mainstream confounds feds

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31. The Government's Marijuana Patent No. 6630507

US Patent 6630507 Titled: Cannabinoids as antioxidants and neuroprotectants

Owner: US Dept of Health and Human Services

http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6630507.html

The DHHS admits there is medicinal value to marijuana.

“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.”