By Grow Tech Labs
It seems every day a new study is released highlighting the benefits of CBD – from epilepsy to anxiety to pain management and even for ailments affecting pets.
Anecdotally, personal stories telling of first-hand health benefits are...
A new study out of Toronto suggests THC and CBD, when used together, can help some children with epilepsy who are resistant to other drugs.
Conducted by researchers at the Hospital for Sick Kids, the study shows "safe dosing and tolerability of a pharmaceutical formulation of tetrahydrocannabidiol (THC) and cannabidiol...
Cannabis-infused drink, anyone?
Such a product may just be available in Canada in 2019, after Molson Coors Canada announced on Aug. 1 a joint venture with Hydropothecary Corporation (HEXO) to “pursue opportunities to develop non-alcoholic, cannabis-infused beverages for the Canadian market following legalization” this fall.
Frederic Landtmeters, President and CEO of...
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...
As you kick off the week, here are five things making news in the cannabis industry:
NICHE Blog: Technology is Shaping the Future of the Cannabis Industry; The challenges facing cannabis businesses are propelling technological innovation and progression in virtually every sector of...
Medical cannabis company Aurora Cannabis announced last week it is investing $1.5 million in a Saskatoon research facility. As CTV report, 10 cannabis cultivation spaces will be dedicated to research and development, making this Aurora’s largest cultivation space for genetics research.
Medical cannabis company...
Roughly 25 per cent of teenagers in B.C. have tried marijuana, according to a recently released study.
The “2018 BC Adolescent Health Survey” was released in March by the McCreary Centre Society. It’s a survey of more than 38,000 students in Grades 7 to...
The results of a federally funded U.S. survey released this week suggests teens are using less marijuana today than they were in 2012, when U.S. states began legalizing recreational cannabis for adult use.
"Teens’ perceived availability of marijuana also declined, with fewer eighth-,...
Cannabis consumption can be a social activity, but regulations largely restrict use to private residences in certain areas of Canada.
Consumption laws were adopted with combustion in mind, but will be outdated when cannabis beverages and edibles hit the shelves later this year or...
For decades, Hilary Black has been sowing the seeds of legalization.
Story by JENNI BAYNHA
Do you remember the first-ever dispensary in Vancouver?
Hilary Black does, because she opened it.
Her story started with her work for the first medical cannabis organization in the country; she would then go on to spend the...
