TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pietri,Joseph R.
TI  - 15 Ounce Pound: Big Pharma's Plan to Patent Pot
SN  - 9781937584153
AV  - HD9019.M382 P548 2014 
U1  - 362.295 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Walterville
PB  - Trine Day
KW  - Patent medicines-Law and legislation-United States
KW  - Marijuana-Therapeutic use-United States
KW  - Marijuana-Law and legislation-United States
KW  - Pharmaceutical industry-United States
KW  - Marijuana industry-United States
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- CoverImage -- Title page -- copyright page -- Om Shiva Shankara -- Quote -- Origin of the term POT -- Acknowledments -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- When you go into the jungle, don't talk to the monkeys - go directly to Tarzan. -- A Road Less Traveled -- A Toke of Contention -- Smells Like Skunk -- Operation Green Merchant -- Amsterdam -- The Horse's Mouth -- What's Going On? -- HortaPharm -- HortaPharm Article in Dutch Newspaper -- GW Pharmaceuticals Press Release -- British Newspaper article -- From the Journal of Forensic Sciences: -- From the TokeSignals: -- Sam Sez -- Cannabis Cabal -- Potter's Pot Thesis -- Biopiracy and The Tale of Turmeric -- Going Dutch? -- A Day in the Life -- Time Will Tell -- Water Hash -- The beat goes on … -- URUGUAY TO TRACK LEGAL MARIJUANA -- There's somethin' happenin' here -- Documents -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - In the United States, cannabis is currently illegal, but this book investigates how big pharmaceutical companies are looking at an end-game of legality-controlled by them. It examines how the Amsterdam scene has been transformed; how home growers have been manipulated into using inferior techniques; and how companies, with help from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and "big pharma," are patenting cannabis strains for control and profit. The leadership of the cannabis industry want to legalize marijuana with taxation and regulation, but the pharmaceutical industry cannot take over medical cannabis without first shutting down the scene today. The book predicts that legalized production will be tightly controlled by major players, using the IRS and DEA as a means of removing other growers. Regulation will also control the amount of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in each marijuana cigarette, forcing stronger cannabis to be available to medical patients by prescription only. A black market will still exist, so people will still go to jail, and the drug war will go on. With history and explosive, behind-the-scenes looks at big pharma collusion, this book is both an exposé and an in-depth look at the arc of freedom and probable control through use of pharmaceutical patents for marijuana
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