No one really knows for certain what the market potential is for cannabis, much less for edibles, but growth opportunities are palatable.
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Cannabis-infused food products could shake up the food industry.
Recent research shows that many students who are using cannabis for medicinal reasons are also replacing their prescription medications with it.
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Cannabis may not be legal yet in Canada, but university students are already big consumers and increasingly willing to talk about it.
Workers produce medical marijuana at Canopy Growth Corporation’s Tweed facility in Smiths Falls, Ont., in February 2018. The company wants a a “greenhouse outlet” to sell its products.
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Australian laws are less progressive than the Australian public’s attitude to cannabis in term of decriminalisation, access to medicinal marijuana, and to some extent, full legislation.
Small vials of CBD, an ingredient in a drug just approved by the FDA to treat two types of epilepsy..
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A drug made from a molecule produced from cannabis gained approval from the FDA on June 25. But the molecule, CBD, is decidedly different from some other ingredients in cannabis: It doesn’t result in a high.
Cannabis users seeking treatment in the UK is rising, especially among women and older smokers. But treatment services are sorely lacking.
With the legalization of cannabis in Canada just around the corner, there’s still too much panic over drug education. There’s no need to rush awareness campaigns in advance of legalization; it’s better to start doing them right.
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Expert fact checks claim that cannabis cures cancer.
A man smokes a large marijuana joint during the annual 4/20 marijuana celebration on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on April 20, 2018. With legalization ahead, provinces are taking different approaches in how they sell weed to the public.
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Canadian provinces are choosing various approaches to cannabis sales as legalization approaches. Ontario’s will combine aspects of computer stores, wine boutiques and post-prohibition liquor outlets.
Only certain compounds in cannabis are at fault.
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A drug made from a molecule produced from cannabis gained unanimous approval from an FDA panel. But the molecule, CBD, is decidedly different from some other ingredients in cannabis: It doesn’t result in a high.
A woman lights up at Sunset Beach in Vancouver, B.C., last year on April 20. A new Calgary bylaw, meantime, bans the public consumption of cannabis and restricts people to smoking weed only at home, unfairly affecting those who rent.
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A new Calgary bylaw prevents people from smoking weed in public; only homeowners can spark up on their private property. Here’s why that unfairly targets and penalizes racial minorities.
Many of the harms associated with cannabis use are to do with its illegality.
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Canada is legalizing marijuana on July 1. But how the drug became criminalized in the first place is an interesting saga that involves anti-Chinese racism and international influence.