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[palerider7777]

OK well I'm not for this bill at all, but I'm wondering about all this reference to big pharma and agri-companies (ADM, etc.)...

Are these companies REALLY trying to get into the MMJ industry or is this a lot of speculation? Granted it's a big market, but companies like ADM have their own stuff going on (biodegradable plastics, etc.) and I don't see them spending the time to learn to grow pot that people want to smoke... I could be entirely wrong though... who knows?

who needs time when you can higher the best huh...

[Colodonmed]

I know I saw or read somewhere that one of the big tobacco corps, I think R.J. Reynolds ( may be another ) purchased 50,000 acres of land in the emerald triangle I think in Humboldt county. Even a simple person like me knows that they did not purchase land in one of the best marijuana growing regions of the world to grow TOBACCO. It may have been in the trailer for " how weed won the west ", just cannot remeber right now, if I find it I will post the link

[palerider7777]

I know I saw or read somewhere that one of the big tobacco corps, I think R.J. Reynolds ( may be another ) purchased 50,000 acres of land in the emerald triangle I think in Humboldt county. Even a simple person like me knows that they did not purchase land in one of the best marijuana growing regions of the world to grow TOBACCO. It may have been in the trailer for " how weed won the west ", just cannot remeber right now, if I find it I will post the link

yes i remember that as well.

[lampost]

I know I saw or read somewhere that one of the big tobacco corps, I think R.J. Reynolds ( may be another ) purchased 50,000 acres of land in the emerald triangle I think in Humboldt county. Even a simple person like me knows that they did not purchase land in one of the best marijuana growing regions of the world to grow TOBACCO. It may have been in the trailer for " how weed won the west ", just cannot remeber right now, if I find it I will post the link

Interesting! I'd be interested to know more about BIG CORPORATIONS trying to bust into the herb supply business. Tobacco seems like the most logical to me... It would seem odd to me though if bigpharma was interested in herb... or ADM and the likes.
Tobacco companies already operate in an ethical grey area... whereas bigpharma and agbusiness try to appear ethically sound!! Although we all know they're not...

[GratefulMeds]

i take it you will be taking the Sensible Colorado support down from your website? since they seem to be sell outs?

I just spoke with Brian Vicente this morning and he assured me that CTI is wrong on this and that he is against the Bill. I have my doubts he seems to be very cosy with Romer, but he has been a warrior in the past. Only time will tell.

[GratefulMeds]

OK well I'm not for this bill at all, but I'm wondering about all this reference to big pharma and agri-companies (ADM, etc.)...

Are these companies REALLY trying to get into the MMJ industry or is this a lot of speculation? Granted it's a big market, but companies like ADM have their own stuff going on (biodegradable plastics, etc.) and I don't see them spending the time to learn to grow pot that people want to smoke... I could be entirely wrong though... who knows?

RJ Reynolds has "Trademarked" several strain names (Train Wreck, Purple Kush, LA Confidential) you do the math!

[Colodonmed]

I just heard that last night late, caught the last end of it about trademarking the strains, and got up this am and could not find anything about it though. Do you have a link to it?

[michaelnights]

I've seen this claim in other places on the www.

A search at the US Patent and Trademark Office for Trainwreck and Train Wreck showed -- BBK Tobacco & Foods of AZ has a trademark on trainwreck for "Cigarette paper; Cigarette papers; Cigarette rolling papers; Cigars". Otherwise, there's a long list of TM for jeans, bracelets, restaurant services, dominos (the game,) etc. under the name using both spellings.

For Purple Kush there is a line of clothing and Akrum Alrahib of Az has a mark for FLAVORED TOBACCO, CIGARS, CIGAR WRAPS AND CIGARETTES

For LA Confidential there's a make-up case, bathrobe, electronic publishing services, t-shirt, comic book and an award program.

A trademark for a tobacco product is in a completely different category than bathrobes. If someone attempted to pass off a trademark obtained for a tobacco product for cannabis or a cannabis product, or a bathrobe, it wouldn't be recognized in court, because it isn't represented by the correct category.

Cannabis, if it were legal, would have it's own unique TM category. But, as of this date cannabis is not a legal product, so there is not a TM category to register a name.

Reminder, don't believe everything you read on the www.

[Colodonmed]

Thanks for the info

[GratefulMeds]

I just heard that last night late, caught the last end of it about trademarking the strains, and got up this am and could not find anything about it though. Do you have a link to it?

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