Here's Why People Are Taking Photos of Weed in Their Hand Next to the Number 6,630,507

Number 6,630,507. That refers to a patent filed by the US government that says cannabinoids — or compounds found in marijuana — have health benefits. Marijuana users are now posting photos of weed in their palms next to the number to bring attention to the patent after the Drug Enforcement Administration said last week that marijuana will remain illegal under federal law because it has no "currently accepted medical use."

We know about the plant, We know about the patent. Talk to the 6630507 hand. #Patent6630507 #CannabisCommunity #Hand pic.twitter.com/1821p74iaG

— Melinda Says (@oatmealislove) August 15, 2016

The patent was first filed in 1999 and says marijuana ingredients can aid in age-related, inflammatory, and autoimmune diseases. It continues: "The cannabinoids are found to have particular application as neuroprotectants, for example in limiting neurological damage following ischemic insults, such as stroke and trauma, or in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and HIV dementia."

As ATTN: pointed out, doctors have called into question the government's contradiction, including CNN chief medical corespondent Sanjay Gupta, who wrote in 2014, "How can the government deny the benefits of medical marijuana even as it holds a patent for those very same benefits?"

Check out more photos from the marijuana movement.

As someone who has suffered from migraines, & other various ailments that I have personally seen relived, or cured by it, I find it absolutely absurd that the DEA refuses to recognize any medical benefits of the drug THC. All while the government has put a patent on medical marijuana. #patent6630507 #DEAtalktothehand6630507 #thedrugwarisajoke #Bigpharmaretherealdruglords #patientsequaldollarsigns$$

A photo posted by Jason Larson (@nfg1630) on Aug 15, 2016 at 4:47pm PDT

Talk to the #6630507 hand. pic.twitter.com/zhCReV9wZV

— AftertheXhale (@aftertheXhale) August 15, 2016

TIRED of this plant being criminalised! You are not a bad employee, parent or person for using this medicine!! #6630507 #medicine #healing #onelove #USAPATENT #legalizeit #freedom Time to legalize or release the patent. TAKE YOUR OWN WITH THE PATENT NUMBER 6630507 AND HASHTAG THE NUMBER

A photo posted by Jade Lioness (@jadelioness) on Aug 15, 2016 at 3:52pm PDT

Stop the propaganda with a "Talk to the 6630507 Hand". #Patent6630507 pic.twitter.com/l1OSLkY7ZX

— John Szymanski (@s572john) August 15, 2016