In the past, public health campaigns warning of the harmful effects of drugs delivered one resounding message: Don't do it. But now that the federal government has decided to legalize marijuana, Health Canada is using new strategies to try to land on teens' screens and...
British scientists have unraveled how a non-intoxicating component of cannabis acts in key brain areas to reduce abnormal activity in patients at risk of psychosis, suggesting the ingredient could become a novel anti-psychotic medicine. Read More...
It was early evening at a popular downtown Toronto jazz bar, the band playing for an older crowd more into Ella Fitzgerald than Rihanna's Umbrella. Part way through the set, a man in his late 50s stood and then promptly collapsed, face-first, onto the floor. Read...
Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould is giving the green light to a new roadside test to check for drugs, named the “Drager DrugTest 5000”. Read More...
Before Maria Moreal, 87, began taking medicinal cannabis for her chronic pain, she had been taking Percocets daily for eight years. Five years ago, her family doctor started her on morphine as well, which she’s been taking every day since. Read More...
As Canadians prepare for legal recreational cannabis, farmers are facing a difficult choice: whether they should use their land to grow cannabis or food. Read More...
THC, the main ingredient in marijuana responsible for a user’s “high”, can remain in breast milk for up to six days after use, new research has found -- suggesting cause for concern for mothers who smoke pot while breastfeeding. Read More...
The City of Calgary is looking at four possible sites where people could consume cannabis in public and a public engagement process is set to begin Monday. Read More...
For years, Kinleigh Stewart thought she was asexual. On the rare occasion the 27-year-old from Sarnia, Ont., had sex, she mostly felt anxious – a fact she attributes to early traumatic experiences related to sex – and preoccupied. “I’d think about what groceries I had...
With recreational marijuana set to be legal in Canada in less than two months, some property managers at apartment buildings in Winnipeg are drafting cannabis policies. Read More...