(Radio Iowa) — The leader of the food products company that created a subsidiary to become the first to produce medical marijuana in the state believes there can be a lot more good things ahead. Kemin Industries C-E-O Chris Nelson says more research into medical cannabis could yield results. “There’s no question, over 400 compounds are known to be contained within cannabis. Only a few have been explored medically. We really believe that there are some other cannabanoids within the material that can probably affect some types of diseases that we haven’t even explored as of yet,” Nelson says.

He compares it to research done in the food additive field.”One great example — our supplement lutien made by Kemmin — we knew it was good for eyesight, but now some of the latest data shows that it helps with memory,” Nelson says. “Again you start in and you start to apply these things and you can often times discover things that were completely unknown.”

Nelson says bringing science into the equation can go a long way towards changing what people think about the issue. “There’s know doubt that as we know more about T-H-C and know more about the various cannabnoids within cannabis we’re going to have much more of an idea of what we can apply it too — and I think people’s attitudes will also change simultaneously,” according to Nelson.

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