A study has just been launched that will look at how CBD can help as a therapy for chronic pain, and related anxiety and depression.
The research, a partnership between Aurora Cannabis Inc. and McGill University, was announced on Thursday.
The three-year translational collaborative study will investigate the "pain relief properties...
The beauty industry embraces the power of the plant.
The benefits of hemp oil have long been known to the health and beauty industry, and high-profile brands such as the Body Shop and Dr. Bronner’s have used the ingredient for years. Now, with the mainstreaming of marijuana in North America,...
A petition has been launched that calls on Quebec's cannabis society to stop using single-use plastic packaging.
As of noon on Nov. 27, more than 750 had signed the change.org petition, launched by Jody Aveline.
"The world is in a plastic waste epidemic," the petition states. "The plastic waste epidemic affects...
This latest Cannabis Media Collective podcast comes from Periodic Effects.
"Research on the Science of Cannabis is expanding quickly. While new discoveries are being made faster than ever, how these new findings will be integrated into commercial cannabis products is a new frontier," podcast...
With the Cannabis Act continuing to work its way through the legislative process and a concern around what the final legislation will mean for Canada’s smaller craft growers, we’re bringing together a panel of experts from the cannabis space and the public sector to discuss what sustainable and even...
HelloMD revealed this week that it's launching a "convenient, discreet and comprehensive" online service where "health, telemedicine, education and wellbeing intersect to offer a timely service for Canadians."
The company says registrants can access a licensed Canadian health practitioner on any video camera-equipped smart device or computer for a consultation...
If you ask Dominica Bay how she first stumbled across kombucha, you’ll discover she simply picked one up at a Whole Foods in Miami during a stopover on a cruise ship she was working on.
But, as she’d later learn, it was serendipitous she...
The team at Vancouver-based cannabis accelerator Grow Tech Labs is raising funds for the YMCA as it prepares for a half marathon this fall.
"The GTL team decided to incorporate wellness with social responsibility," said Barinder Rasode, CEO of Grow Tech Labs (GTL)....
In this latest Cannabis Media Collective podcast, host Michael Pedersen interviews Sheriann Baker.
"Sheriann Baker is a fighter," says Pedersen. "Diagnosed with terminal brain cancer a few years back, Sheriann decided not to give up, but to go to war. Sheriann walks us through...
New statistics reveal 14% (or about one in seven) cannabis users with a driver's license admit to driving within two hours of using marijuana.
And men were almost twice as likely as women to do so.
That’s according to the most recently released National Cannabis Survey, announced by Statistics Canada on...
