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The news broke this week that cannabis can help with fighting COVID-19 and almost the entire non-cannabis world
picked up the headline from the Oregon State University study on cannabis and cellular pathways used by the COVID
virus to invade the body. Luckily, almost everyone in the cannabis industry kept a level head and said that no,
marijuana does not stop or cure the COVID virus, but it does have potential to help in a few ways. One, it can reduce
the spread of the virus by binding with receptors the virus uses to spread throughout the body. Two, it can reduce
the symptoms associated with the virus, since cannabis has natural anti-inflammatory properties. Marijuana, up until
the point, cannot cure COVID or keep you from getting the virus.
As the article “The Cannabis Grinch” (https://cannabis.net/blog/opinion/the-cannabis-grinch-that-stole-christmas-is-
there-any-optimism-for-weed-legalization-in-2022) on Cannabis.net pointed out, hopes are fading for fast Federal
marijuana legalization in 2022, unless a long shot bet like cannabis having a major impact on COVID transmission or
remission occurs. The article also points out that the news has to come from a Big 4 pharma company, one that has
tremendous pull right now with the White House and CDC. The reason this is the case goes back to the history of
“cannabis can inhibit pathways that the COVID viruses uses to spread, so it closes doorways the virus uses to gain
strength” started with Dr. Kovelchuk in Canada almost two years ago (https://cannabis.net/blog/videos/which-
marijuana-strains-block-the-coronavirus-cellular-pathways-the-best-dr.-kovalchuk-explains). You can watch the full
interview with Dr. Kovelchuk here (https://cannabis.net/blog/videos/which-marijuana-strains-block-the-coronavirus-
cellular-pathways-the-best-dr.-kovalchuk-explains), and listen as he explains his findings before peer to peer review.
Fast forward to Dr. Richard Van Breeman’s study from Oregon State (https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvn7gd/the-
scientist-who-discovered-cannabis-can-prevent-covid-19) that builds on Dr. Kovelchuk’s thesis and you can see how
the cannabis and covid headlines could start to spin off the rails.
(https://cannabis.net/blog/videos/which-marijuana-strains-block-the-
coronavirus-cellular-pathways-the-best-dr.-kovalchuk-explains)
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One problem is that for the marijuana industry to see a real push at the Federal level to legalize cannabis for COVID
research and deployment is that the study has to come from a company or lab like Pfizer or Johnson and Johnson.
Will those labs, who are making millions per day on vaccines, want to rush a cannabis-covid alternative to the plate?
No way. As some medical professionals have also pointed out, while Dr. Van Breeman’s work is a start, there is a long

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way to go from a petri dish and mass spectrometer predictions. While the marijuana industry perked up on the news
of a possible Holy Grail of fast cannabis legalization the facts as summarized in “This Weed in Weed” by Dan Adams
(https://www.bostonglobe.com/marijuana/?s_campaign=thisweekinweed:newsletter) are as follows:
Researchers at Oregon State University's hemp lap used some nifty computer modeling and mass spectrometry techniques
to make predictions about how well a variety of organic compounds would bind with the "protein spike" of the coronavirus,
which allows it to infect human cells. They then sent their list of top candidates to the Oregon Health & Science University,
which has a special containment facility authorized to work with live samples of dangerous pathogens such as the
coronavirus.
The tests at OHSA showed that two hemp-derived cannabinoid compounds bound strongly with the spike, blocking the
ability of the virus cells to infect human cells.
However, the effect hasn't yet been studied in human subjects, just petri dishes. Also, the compounds in question occur in
very low levels in most strains of cannabis and hemp, and can only be ingested via extracts made with solvents, not through
smoking or cooked edibles.
Assuming clinical trials go well, the researchers' eventual hope is that a pill containing purified versions of the cannabis
compounds could be developed as a supplement to vaccination, for use after a known exposure or by those who are
immunocompromised.
Whenever these is a positive clinical study around cannabis and COVID marijuana stocks jump, and the world gets
excited about the medical potential of marijuana as a medicine. Then the details start to emerge, and they are never
as game-changing as the headlines used by the site to get the click to the article. While cannabis has potential to heal
and help the human body in a myriad of ways, the medical testing has been kept in the dark for the past 58 years
thanks the Federal government’s schedule 1 classification of the plant. Research has been prohibited in almost all
cases by the Federal government. Medical studies over the past 7 to 8 years of state legalization are just starting to
catch up to modern medical standards, but in a way, we are starting research like it is 1958 all over again and racing
to cannabis information into the 21st century.
Does Big Pharma want marijuana legalized right now? Based on studies showing patients dropping over half of their
prescription drugs once they start on a cannabis therapy program, the commonsense answer would be “no”. Why
would Big Pharma want to see full legalization of a plant that would theoretically cut into their profits by 50%? The
same goes for Big Alcohol and Big Tobacco at this point in time. Will billions of dollars in lobbying money against
legalizing marijuana, see Citizen United as an example, the road to full Federal marijuana legalization is a pipe dream
right now. While the voters want legalization by an overwhelming margin, major business interested tied to lobbying
and election funding NO NOT want that right now.

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Federal marijuana legalization will happen with Mitch McConnell says it will happen, as he holds the key votes and
influence in the Senate to pass or kill marijuana legalization. As of now, the senator from Kentucky has shown no
interest in helping a “Democratic” cause, and legalizing marijuana at the Federal level. Without strong support from
Republicans, federal legalization is dead in the water, with the SAFE Banking Act now looking like a long shot in 2022
(https://cannabis.net/blog/news/no-safe-banking-for-you-the-safe-banking-act-gets-removed-from-the-national-
defense-authorizati) as well.
Those facts push the marijuana industry into “Hail Mary” or “holy grail” mode. While no obvious path exists right now
to Federal legalization, especially with mid-term elections coming up in 2022, the industry must have an outlier or
long shot come through for a game-changing cannabis move. Cannabis curing or preventing COVID is certainly one
headline, if it turns out true, could do just that. Outside of a major medical finding on the cancer or COVID level, 2022
does not look like the year for Federal marijuana legalization.
FEDERAL MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION IN 2022, READ MORE...
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