System to verify identity of patient receiving medication and monitoring the dispensing of medication to the patient including monitoring the development of the medication form where the seeds are obtained, how the plant was cultivated, where the medical portion of the plant was harvested and converted into the medication to be dispensed to a patient

A method of authentication and verification of a medicinal herb, consisting of:

• a. utilizing a computer database to receive information and transformation of the information into a verification of a legal origin of the medicinal herb confirming a legal process from initial creation of the medicinal herb to legal sale of the medicinal herb to a person:
• b. obtaining authentication information on where seeds from which a plant to grow the medicinal herb were obtained, including legal seed selling information about the seed grower, the specific type of special variety of plant seed and a written chain of custody from the seed grower to the location where the seeds will be grown into plants which is then entered into a computer database;
• c. obtaining information about whether the seeds were feminized seeds to create only female plants or normal seeds creating both female and male plants, which information is entered into the computer database;
• d. keeping a computer database record setting forth detailed information about the seed grower, where the seeds were germinated and the shipping documents to confirm the authenticity of the specific seeds including the variety of medicinal herb to be obtained from the seeds;
• e. entering into the computer database the name, home address and fingerprint information about an individual or individuals who are given possession of the seeds when the seeds arrive at a cultivation facility to grow the seeds into plants, and inputting information on a packet into which the seeds are placed including a specific seed identification number placed on the packet;
• f. obtaining additional information about the soil used to grow the seeds into plants, the type of grow light used and nutrients added to the soil, which information is entered into the computer database;
• g. entering into the computer database the location of the cultivation facility and the employees who are in charge of growing the seeds into a plant, the computer database including information about the growing facility, its license to grow the medicinal herb, and the specific greenhouse number where the seeds will be grown into a plant;
• h. entering into the computer database information on the identification of the employee who planted the seeds into a pot, a label placed on the pot with a corresponding identification number obtained from the packet into which the seeds were placed when they arrived at the cultivation facility from the seed grower;
• i. entering into the computer database growing information setting forth when the plant began to sprout and the rate of growth of the plant, when the plant began to flower and when herbal buds began to form;
• j. entering into the computer database the day, date and time of when the herbal buds from the plant were trimmed and harvested, including the identity of the individual who did the harvesting, information about when the plaint was cut and where the herbal buds were removed from the plant;
• k. entering into the computer database information including pictures of the trimmed herbal buds, how the harvested buds were dried and cured including the identity of the individual who dried and cured the herbal buds and information on how the herbal buds were treated to become a medicinal herb;
• l. entering into the computer database information on the packaging of the dried and cured harvested herbal buds including the corresponding identification number placed on a packet containing the dried and cured herbal buds which have been treated to become the medicinal herb, the identity of the individual who packaged the medicinal herb and the shipping information on which shipper, shipping method, invoice, bill of lading and other shipping information about how the medicinal herb was placed in a container and shipped to a dispensing facility;
• m. entering into the computer database the identity of the individual who received the package of the dried and cured buds at the dispensing facility and complete chain of handling from opening the container in which the package was shipped and into which dispensing medium the medicinal herb was placed including the identification number on the packaging containing the medicinal herb and an identification number of the dispensing medium;
• n. entering into the computer database the day, date and time the medicinal herb was dispensed to the person;
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• o. the computer database records and stores all of the information in retrievable form to provide proof of legal growing, processing and sale of the medicinal herb.