NAFTA’s biggest loser: the US, after Canada and Mexico get rich trading marijuana
Mexico and Canada are about to turn medical cannabis into North America's most lucrative new market.
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Could a cannabis pill reduce chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting? Here’s how we find out
NSW is about to embark on the largest and most definitive clinical trial ever of medicinal cannabis for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.
Using DNA to unlock the mysteries of cannabis and reduce the risk of dodgy ‘medical’ products
The Australian government will now accept licence applications for groups wanting to grow cannabis for scientific and medical purposes. But there's still a lot we don't know about this complex plant.
What do we know about marijuana’s medical benefits? Two experts explain the evidence
With restrictions to cannabis loosening at the state level, research is badly needed to get the facts in order.
What is Spice and why is the drug so dangerous?
New psychoactive substances, same problematic users.
Is cannabis really getting stronger?
147m people used the drug last year. We need to know much more about it.
Labs make new, dangerous synthetic cannabinoid drugs faster than we can ban them
Synthetic cannabinoids – drugs that mimic the psychoactive effect of cannabis – have been linked to injuries and deaths. And when one is banned, another rises to take its place.
Why anti-cancer properties in cannabis must be investigated
The three Cs that have caused much controversy in research: cancer, cannabis and cannabinoids.
Hype around cannabis as a treatment for cancer is undeserved
Cannabis has long been touted as containing chemicals that might work against cancer. A recent study suggested that two chemicals found in cannabis, the cannabinoids CBD and THC, could act on an aggressive…
Old dope, new tricks: the new science of medical cannabis
Medicinal cannabis is back in the news again after a planned trial to grow it in Norfolk Island was blocked by the federal government last week. The media is ablaze with political rumblings and tales of…
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