In the revealing video of DEA head Michele Leonhart and Congressman Jared Polis doing the DC version of Abbot and Costello’s “Who’s On First?” and the resulting commentary, I see something being neglected in the discussion: the Federal government owns a patent for medical cannabis.

As such, she’s just doing her job, assuming that part of her job is the US government defending its patent on medical cannabis:

Cannabinoids as antioxidants and neuroprotectants Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services Patent 6630507 Issued on October 7, 2003. Estimated Expiration Date: February 2, 2021.

For students and observers of cognitive dissonance, watching Federal employees insist that there are no medical benefits to cannabis while their employer holds a patent for the same is an event like no other.