Researchers say Harper Wrong on Cannabis Claims
Stephen Harper’s claims that cannabis is “infinitely worse” than tobacco has no basis in science, according to University...
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New Study Looks at Benefits of Medical Cannabis
A new Canadian research project aims to be “one of the world’s largest studies on the therapeutic effects of...
Study Finds Cannabis Reduces Use of Other Drugs
A new study funded by the UBC Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention suggested patients that have access to medical...
McGill Study Shows Increased Quality of Life in Cannabis Patients
A McGill University study, published in the Journal of Pain, showed that chronic pain patients reported an increased quality of...
Cannabis For Kids Seminar Helps Parents
A number of concerned parents attended the Cannabis For Kids seminar in Richmond, Sept. 13, looking for help for...
Australian Company Releases Medical Cannabis Pill
The Australian medical cannabis company, MMJ PhytoTech Limited, has released medical cannabis pills, but for now they’re only...
UBC Expert: Strains are Confusing
Jonathan Page, a University of B.C. botanist who co-wrote a study published in the online journal PLOS One,...
Lexaria’s “Game-Changing” Lab Results
The food science company involved with Canada’s cannabis industry claims to have improved the absorbability of CBD, THC...
Natural Pest Control Business Gets Boost from Medical Cannabis Industry
Thanks to Health Canada, regulations that limit the use of chemical pesticides on medical cannabis, a biological control...
Cannabis Extract to be Used to Treat Diabetes
An Israeli-American biopharmaceutical company is developing medicines containing cannabinoids to treat conditions including diabetes, inflammatory diseases (like arthritis,...