Analysis casts doubt on marijuana’s link to IQ decline

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2. Don't you suspect that the Feds knew this when they applied for a patent

on the use of cannabinoids in 2003?
US FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Cannabinoid patent

Just check out the footnotes on the patent papers on the link.

They've known lots of things they pretend they didn't since 1974, at least

Pot Shrinks Tumors; Government Knew in '74 May 30, 2000

In 1974 researchers learned that THC, the active chemical in marijuana, shrank or destroyed brain tumors in test mice. But the DEA quickly shut down the study and destroyed its results, which were never replicated -- until now.

The term medical marijuana took on dramatic new meaning in February, 2000 when researchers in Madrid announced they had destroyed incurable brain tumors in rats by injecting them with THC, the active ingredient in cannabis.

The Madrid study marks only the second time that THC has been administered to tumor-bearing animals; the first was a Virginia investigation 26 years ago. In both studies, the THC shrank or destroyed tumors in a majority of the test subjects.

Most Americans don't know anything about the Madrid discovery. Virtually no major U.S. newspapers carried the story, which ran only once on the AP and UPI news wires, on Feb. 29, 2000.

http://www.alternet.org/story/9257/pot_shrinks_tumors%3B_government_knew_in_'74