U.S. Patent 9,585,867 - Cannabinoid Formulation for the Sedation of a Human or Animal

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003] It is well known in the fields of non-lethal and less-than-lethal weaponry that humanely rendering a subject (either human or animal) safe to approach and subdue, compliant to commands, and/or to render a subject safe from harm to the subject and/or others immediately or within moments saves lives in many critical and life-threatening situations.
[0004] Further, if a subject remains safely incapacitated or immobilized for an extended period, such as a period of minutes and/or hours, then taking such a suspect or detainee into lawful custody or containment is safer for both the subduer as well as the subdued and innocent third parties.
[0005] In today's complex and dangerous world, Law Enforcement and Correction Officials currently have no way of safely and effectively sedating a suspect or inmate, and consequently Officers often resort to lethal force when threatened or endangered. Such tragic events at times invoke public outrage, such as recent suspect shootings in Ferguson, Mo. and Baton Rouge, La., which resulted in massive public riots and unrest across the United States. Relatedly, the assassination of Law Enforcement Officers in Dallas, Tex., Baton Rouge, La., and Orlando, Fla. has resulted in a deadly balance between public safety and civil liberty. Sadly, and yet realistically, psychosis and chemical addiction has and does play a lethal role in many such tragic events. Families also suffer for lack of a system and method to safely and quickly sedate a loved one suffering a violent psychosis or chemical intoxication prior to or after summoning emergency medical response and/or Law Enforcement help. Many such emergency events have ended in death after Law Enforcement arrival because family members and concerned others are presented with the tragic dichotomy of having little or no option other than lethal force to stop a loved one from harming themselves or harming others. Typically, emergency response is will not arrive at an event after notification for minutes to hours, depending upon the location and circumstances. When dealing with a violently psychotic or chemically impaired person, moments and minutes can last eternities for those involved, and horribly often end with deadly result.
[0006] Accordingly, providing an effective, instantaneous or near-instantaneous, non-lethal or less-than-lethal, apparatus and method for subduing a subject, such as an already intoxicated, psychotic, extremely agitated, violent or nonviolent detainee, suspected offender, or known offender would be highly advantageous for both the subduer as well as the subject.
[0007] Primary goals of both military and civilian Law Enforcement personal are to keep the peace and save innocent lives--including their own lives, those of their "comrades in arms" and those of aggressive or violent subjects in certain circumstances. These goals of both civilian and military Law Enforcement may be better accomplished via the instant inventive cannabinoid formulation and delivery system.
[0008] Although never developed into effective weapons systems in the context of the Cold War, psychochemical warfare theory and research, along with overlapping mind control drug research, was secretly pursued in the mid-20th century by the U.S. Military and Central Intelligence Agency. These research programs were ended when they came to light and generated controversy in the mid-1970s.
[0009] This course of human events during that time hindered or prohibited cannabis, cannabis-derived, or synthetic-cannabinoids from being developed into safe and effective non-lethal anesthetics and sedatives, and non-lethal psychochemical weapons. Moreover, during the 1970s, with the U.S. categorizing cannabis as a Schedule 1 Controlled Substance, touting cannabis as an effective and safe sedation or psychochemical warfare agent would have been prohibited by then public policy and law.
[0010] With modern advances in science and technology--possibly executive governmental agencies, legislatures, law enforcement, civilian defenders, and medical science may now be amenable to an effective system and method to counter the ever changing and ever present threats to life and limb in today's dangerous world, and to do so in a humane, effective, and non-lethal manner.
[0011] Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a cannabinoid formulation for quickly and safely sedating a subject, thus making subduing, and if required, containing the subject safer for all involved.