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Ferre
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 Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 6:35 pm Post subject: Bayer to market Cannabis medicine |
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Bayer to market Cannabis medicine
Battles over the legalisation of cannabis continue, in the UK and globally. In the UK this has resulted in muddles over the re-classification of cannabis to Class C. On the one hand there has been an apparent 'relaxation' of the law towards medical use -- but this has been coupled with police harassment and imprisonment of medical user Colin Davis, who opened a cannabis cafe in Stockport.
Certain companies seem to be fairly certain that one day we will see legalisation, and they want to be in on the act. Hemp Industries has estimated that cannabis/hemp has many possible uses, including fibres for textiles, analgesic and anti-nausea properties and highly nutritious seeds for eating. And there is, of course, the recreational value. What is worrying is the way that, in a corporate-led world, some of these benefits from herbal cannabis could be exploited in a way that goes along with conventional farming and industrial methods -- in other words, involving environmental and social damage while reinforcing corporate power.
The main company developing medical cannabis technology is GW Pharma, a UK based company that carries out research at the UK's chemical weapons research facility in Porton Down. It has been trying to get its product, Sativex, on the market for 'relief of symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) and for treatment of severe neuropathic pain.' Since March 2003, Sativex has been under scrutiny by the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, which has so far refused to license it for sale in the UK. GW Pharma is optimistic, however, and has already signed a deal with bio-chemical giant Bayer for the rights to distribute the product. This deal, worth an initial £12.5 million, and possible further £20 million to GW, makes Bayer the 'marketing partner' for Sativex in the UK, New Zealand, Canada, Australia, and much of Europe. In June 2005, Sativex was launched in Canadian markets.
While the introduction of cannabis-based medicines might bring benefits to many, if these medicines are controlled by pharmaceutical corporations, then cannabis -- which could grow freely -- will be used to bring profits to companies such as Bayer and GW Pharma. Although the cannabinoids that GW uses are the CBD variety, rather than the more commonly used THC varieties, GW has the policy of seeking patents on the varieties of cannabis that are used in medicines, and this might one day extend to THC. This could mean that, in the event of legalisation of cannabis, home-growing could be prevented by companies holding patents on producing cannabinoids. It could alternatively mean that only production of the non-intoxicating CBDs would be legalised, leaving THC smokers to still fall foul of the law.
Ten to thirty per cent of MS sufferers in the UK already smoke cannabis for relief of their pain, and a non-corporate solution would simply be to legalise this practise, and make cheap, high quality cannabis more available
http://www.corporatewatch.org.uk/?lid=2025
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Brother Adam
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That's why it's imperative that we never, ever buy any cannabis products from these people. NO cannabis user should support them. I don't believe in someone owning part of a plant or animal as many corporations are doing. Patenting gene sequences in their livestock and such.....sick. I will continue to grow, smoke, eat, wear, and use cannabis till the end of time.....and I will get it in a natural form growing and caring for it myself. To buy their products would be blasphemous to every one of my religious beliefs.
So I say  to them!
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Mazdek
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I was perusing the GW site yesterday from a link here somewhere, they're gonna be presenting Sativa to the FDA this fall. I do agree that it would be bad for pharm companies to try to prevent people from growing (hopefully that won't happen... but we're in the Second Prohibition so it probably could), but, I also really really need specific medicines from the plant. If they could isolate the source of the anti-depressant in there, I'd be 90% fixed. I would still observe our sacraments, but having that one effect available to me without the time dilation, memory issues, tiring after-effect, and the euphoria would allow me to start living a normal life. Daily wake & bake is exhausting.
I guess I'll finally write up my testimonial and pretend people would be interested. 
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Echo
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Isn't this a race on who is going to get the profit? GW have done their research, right? still they didn't get the rights to to market their artificial THC. Bayer must have given plenty of cash to secure their market and their cash. They have a history of easy money: aspirin and heroin just to name two of they best sellers.
Boycott Bayer.
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