For the sake of accuracy, please allow me to correct one thing. The patent is held by the US Department of Health and Human Services. It recognizes that cannabinoids are effective in treating the long list of ailments and specifically restricts any other person or company from doing further research in this area as related to those diseases. The existence of this patent should infuriate anyone reading these words. Keep in mind too that there is a FEDERAL law that prohibits anyone not having conducted recognized research studies (of course prohibited by this patent) from even mentioning the word CURE, and a strict mandatory jail sentence can be imposed for even attempting to "cure" someone using cannabinoids. This of course is why Rick Simpson is in exile right now.