Pot with patents could plant the seeds of future lawsuits

This engagement with the patent system raises several interesting questions as the legal pot industry grows and medical research on cannabis advances.

The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) continues to categorize marijuana as a Schedule I drug.

That means the government believes it has “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse,” putting it in the same league as LSD and heroin.

The Trump administration has expressly voiced skepticism of marijuana’s medical benefits, with Attorney General Jeff Sessions calling them “hyped.”

Yet, legal pot has become a multi-billion-dollar industry that stuffs the coffers of eight states where voters have approved its legal recreational use. And nearly 30 states have legalized pot for medicinal purposes so far.

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