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Dr. Robert Melamede, PhD., President
& CEO of Cannabis Science
Dr. Robert Melamede, is CEO and President of Cannabis Science,
Inc. (OTCBB: CBIS | PowerRating), a pioneering U.S. biotech
company developing pharmaceutical cannabis products.
Dr. Melamede explained, "Cannabis Science was presented
as a patient-oriented company that works closely with the patient
community so as to better understand their needs.
We look to the medical marijuana community as a source of ideas.
I especially enjoyed meeting with patients who came to Nimbin's
MardiGrass last year to tell us all how medical cannabis changed
their lives."
Dr. Melamede has hypotheses that the endocannabinoid system
drove the evolution of vertebrates, particularly their immune
system, nervous system and consciousness. Furthermore, because
of the rapid rate of changes brought on by humans over the past
150 years, low doses of cannabis should now be regarded as an
essential nutrient in order to decrease the tonic level of inflammation
that is behind age related illnesses by increasing the homeostatic
level of human anti-inflammatory cannabinoid activity.
"For about 20 years I have devoted much of my mental and
spiritual efforts to developing an understanding that provides
me and others with a scientific foundation for what I see as
the common denominator underlying apparently diverse religious
beliefs. The principles of nonequilibrium thermodynamics provides
the framework for this effort. This branch of physics deals
with the flow of energy in open systems (the biosphere and all
life forms) and has been pioneered by Ilyia Prigogine who received
the Nobel Prize in chemistry for this work in 1977. Unlike equilibrium
thermodynamics (classical) which cannot account for life other
than by a miracle, this new branch can be viewed as mandating
it. Evolution of complex systems, inclusive of creativity, are
intrinsic to my interpretation of nonequibirium thermodynamics
as being the prime manifestation of the will of God. From this
perspective I would interpret man being made "in the image
of God" as meaning that we must embrace God's fundamental
characteristic of creativity, which includes cooperatively and
evolution.This principle is most elegantly displayed in the
evolution of the human brain and the political and social systems
that have co-developed with it. Scientifically, it has been
demonstrated that the number of THC (active ingredient in marihuana)
receptors increases as one looks higher up the evolutionary
ladder, and furthermore, these receptors are found in highest
numbers in those portions of the brain associated with human
intelligence. Therefore I conclude, both logically and religiously
from personal revelation, that the stimulation of these receptors
is involved in thought processes that are representative of
the will of God, i.e. the creative process. Personal exploration
of my receptors, in particular by altering their activity levels
through the intelligent religious use of natural plant products,
is mandated by everything that I know scientifically, and believe
religiously. Thermodynamically speaking, for a stable steady
state to evolve to a new regime, the fluctuations around the
average of the variables of the system must expand and in fact
mathematically approach infinity prior to a nonlinear rearrangement
that will lead to a new stable steady state. I believe that
this process will manifest itself socially and politically as
"heaven on earth". Individually this rearrangement
will be seen as a jump in man's average lifetime and average
level of health and intelligence. Practically speaking this
new age should be characterized by peace, harmony and love,
all of which are characteristics that are required for the next
level of social, individual and molecular cooperativity. I hope
you and your organization will help me defend our constitutional
rights against mindless authoritarianism."