you can't patent something that is made by god......theres more money and interest in pohibition of cannabis if it truely does kill cancer they should be held liable for the laws that they have in place....they are killing innocent people every day by not allowing this herb to be used without prejudice.... - kazorchian
True, one cannot patent something naturally occurring. But there are patents on genetically modified seed technology for the farming industry. Why not patents on various strains of cannabis and/or those strains' chemical/therapeutic content?
Also, if the company could isolate the compound, or compounds, likely "killing" the cancer cells, they could possibly manufacture them synthetically or through biotechnology.
If no other strain possesses the compound(s,) then I would argue there is a possible patent protection filing opportunity on the IP that went into developing the strain producing the compound(s).