DEA licenses 55 unnamed Big Pharma pot farms

[danut]

http://medicalmarijuana.com/medical-marijuana-news/title.cfm?artID=91



Remember the saying, “It’s not paranoia if they’re really out to get you?” Well, is a conspiracy theory about Big Pharma takeover of medical marijuana still a conspiracy when you have evidence?

(East Bay Express) The Drug Enforcement Administration told Legalization Nation in an e-mail last week that 55 unnamed companies now hold licenses to grow cannabis in the United States, a fact that contradicts the widespread belief that there is only one legal pot farm in America, operated under the DEA for research purposes. It appears as if the upswing in federally approved pot farming is about feeding the need of pharmaceutical companies who want to produce a generic version of THC pill Marinol and at least one other cannabis-based pill for a wide variety of new uses.
In other words, if big corporations grow dope with the government and put it in a pill, it’s medicine. But if you grow it at home or at a city-permitted pot farm and then put it in a vaporizer, it’s a felony.
It’s a weird piece of news that comes at a strange and contradictory time for the drug war. As US attorneys send threatening letters to states and cities, including Oakland, warning them against “commercial cultivation” of marijuana, the DEA is quietly handing out licenses for commercial cultivation.
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NORML’s Paul Armentano has informed us about the end of the patent on Marinol and how these drug companies want to create similar pills with THC extracted from natural sources rather than synthetic ones, which are more expensive. ”Natural sources” are raw cannabis plants, of course. Silly Stoners Against Legalization, it was never Big Tobacco you had to worry about from legalization of pot, it was Big Pharma you had to worry about from medicalization of pot.

 

[Grendelkhan]

Great.....

 

[habeeb]

this changes nothing..

growers will grow, and business will have it's business people

 

[Sam_Skunkman]

If you believe this story then I have a bridge in Brooklyn I want to sell you.
THC was isolated in 1964 or a year earlier, not 1970's.
The DEA has not given 55 licenses to grow Cannabis, to whom were they given?
Think about it, why would the DEA help prove that Cannabis is a medicine?
Bullshit story by a bullshit author....

-SamS

 

[ImaginaryFriend]

In the comments section from eastbayexpress.com, this seems related to the 55 companies with a DEA registration for organic THC, and various other cannabis compounds... but it is hardly helpful:

From: David Downs [mailto:XXXXXXXX]
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 3:43 PM
To: Jakim, Christopher A.
Subject: D.E.A. stats and records request

Hi Mr. Jakim,
This is David Downs, journalist in San Francisco reporting for the East Bay Express, in Oakland.

I'm doing an article about generic marinol (dronabinol), and how industry insiders have alleged the D.E.A. - along with its sole cannabis grower Dr. ElSohly - seek to corner the market and profit from supplying plant cannabis to companies seeking to manufacture now-generic dronabinol.

How many companies are licensed by DEA to produce synthetic THC? How much per year?


Per ODR (Registration and Program Support Section of DEA), there are 35 active DEA registrations (reflecting 28 companies) for manufacturers that have listed drug code 7369 (Marinol, synthetic THC in sesame oil/soft gelatin) on their DEA record.


Please be advised that having the drug code listed on the DEA registration does not mean the registrant manufactured any of that particular drug code.

How many companies are licensed by DEA to produce organic THC? How much per year?

Per ODR, there are 64 active DEA registrations (reflecting 55 companies) for manufacturers that have listed drug code 7370 (THC, Delta-8 THC, Delta-9 THC, dronabinol and others) and drug code 7371 (TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL, ORGANIC ) on their DEA record.


Please be advised that having the drug code listed on the DEA registration does not mean the registrant manufactured any of that particular drug code. ..."

 

[Sam_Skunkman]

Like I said no new 55 DEA licenses to grow Cannabis, maybe David Downs is on glue?...
I can easily believe 55 new licenses to work with the Cannabinoids, including analogues, but that is a lot different then the story led you to believe.
-SamS

 

[budlover123]

...he DEA has not given 55 licenses to grow Cannabis, to whom were they given?...

According to this article, a new drug named Sativex that is actual plant extracts is coming to America soon... They were probably given to them.

http://www.naturalnews.com/032547_medical_marijuana_Big_Pharma.html
(thanks to treetops for the find)

 

[Sam_Skunkman]

Sativex is grown and produced in the UK. No need to grow in the USA for Sativex to be sold in the USA.

-SamS

 

[headband 707]

Sativex is grown and produced in the UK. No need to grow in the USA for Sativex to be sold in the USA.

-SamS

It also sucks and doesn't get you high peace out Headband707


LOL let me also say that for some I do hear it's effective MS patients ect. not for euphoria.. For me I wasn't impressed at all but that was just me. The DEA and cannabis is like the DEA and anything else ...need I say more..

 

[danut]

Sativex is grown and produced in the UK. No need to grow in the USA for Sativex to be sold in the USA.

-SamS

I thought it was expected for production to be able to take care of 50,000 MS patients.

We have a lot more than that in the US.

And that would be after waiting the several years to gain the blessings of the FDA.

How long do you think it will take to get production up to the needs of the US?

 

[ijim]

And who invested in the stock of those corporations? Could it be those that are responsible for our drug policies? Obama care at work.

 

[ijim]

We burn tons of Opium in Afghanistan then buy it from Asian corporations that trade stock. It is the governments and corporations world. We are just considered worker ants programed to feed them. Term limits in government are needed. You have to change the sheets before they start to stink.

 

[cobcoop]

Yeah we must be pretty stupid to believe that the US gov would cut under the table deals with big Pharma, so that they could cash in and take over the market. GW Pharm is here for your own good, trust us...

 

[danut]

Federal policy is changing .. but to what??

The transformation needs to be transparent.

 

[amannamedtruth]

Don't really see why you're calling a verified story a lie?

 

[bentom187]

good bye MJ .........

 

[Stress_test]

No they aren't going to get rid of pot.

Regardless of how many dozens of big corporations are given free license to grow and produce weed, people will grow and smoke weed.

Pot is more than a plant or something to smoke, it's a lot like sex in many respects. People who enjoy it are aware of the lies they were told and the massive brainfucking that the US government has pulled off. LMAO, just say no but there's free condoms in the bathrooms, and free needles at the mission.

In every aspect Marijuana is the Human Rights Revolution all over the world, so it won't ever be controlled by the governments or corporations.

 

[grozzef]

We burn tons of Opium in Afghanistan then buy it from Asian corporations that trade stock. It is the governments and corporations world. We are just considered worker ants programed to feed them. Term limits in government are needed. You have to change the sheets before they start to stink.

lol great metaphor

 

[bentom187]

im worried that all well have left is dilluted geneticly modified mansanto weed.
there opening the flood gates for more convicts and insurence fraud and almost no access.

its going to reach a point of it not being enjoyable or relitivley safe.

 

[igrowone]

if only this was true, it would be the next big leak in the dam
the more weed grown, the less control over it, every plant grown is a small victory