In August of this year the Federal Government and the Drug Enforcement Administration dangled the “carrot of rescheduling” over the American people, but pulled it away again, only to open the door for further research. In other words they still have friends who can patent “inventions” based on natural cannabinoids and derivative compounds. After years of watching this kind of bullshit I decided to dig in and find evidence so shortly after confirmation of the decision to retain a Schedule 1 status for Cannabis, and this is what I found.