/channels/taxonomy/term/1944/all en /channels/channels/news/weeding-out-dealers-canadas-cannabis-market-357059 <p>It's been five years since Canada stepped into the forefront of cannabis legalization, setting a significant precedent in the realm of drug policy. With Canada and 24 US states now embracing recreational cannabis, the battle against the illegal market remains a key concern, one highlighted in the federal government's<a href="https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-canada/services/publications/drogues-medicaments/examen-legislatif-loi-cannabis-rapport-final-comite-experts.html#a10"> final report on the Cannabis Act.</a></p> Thu, 25 Apr 2024 13:44:03 +0000 webfull 199754 at /channels /channels/channels/news/expert-national-cannabis-survey-356210 <p>New data show that, in 2023, five years after non-medical cannabis use was legalized, over one-third of younger adults aged 18 to 44 years and one in seven adults aged 45 years and older had used cannabis in the previous 12 months. The National Cannabis Survey is used to understand cannabis use and purchasing patterns in Canada, its impact on the economy, and to inform evidence-based national and provincial strategies, policies, and programs.</p> Tue, 19 Mar 2024 14:46:16 +0000 webfull 198686 at /channels /channels/channels/news/canadas-cannabis-or-cantabis-policy-magazine-340066 <p>In <em>Policy Magazine</em>'s new Emerging Voices series by students, five Max Bell School MPPs were invited to write articles on issues important to them.</p> <p>The fourth article is "Canada’s CANnabis, or CAN’Tabis ?" about Canada’s cannabis legalization review that was due in October 2021 - but it has yet to commence.</p> <p>Nandini Paliwal is a master’s student at Max Bell School of Public Policy at ƽ���岻�� and is a civil servant from India, currently on sabbatical.</p> <p><a href="https://www.policymagazine.ca/canadas-cannabis-or-cantabis/">Read the article here.</a></p> Tue, 28 Jun 2022 17:27:14 +0000 webfull 180710 at /channels /channels/channels/news/marijuana-has-increased-fatal-car-accidents-us-16-being-legalized-2012-could-amount-some-4000-deadly-330280 <p>Sarah Windle, a PhD Student in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health is quoted in a recent Daily Mail Article.</p> <p style="margin-left:40px">"…Researchers at ƽ���岻�� found fatal automobile accidents increased 15 percent and associated deaths increased 16 percent.</p> <p style="margin-left:40px">However, the team notes that if cannabis were legalized nationwide in the US, it would contribute to an additional 4,843 motor-vehicle fatalities per year."</p> Wed, 07 Apr 2021 16:02:17 +0000 webfull 169722 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mcgill-research-centre-cannabis-holds-inaugural-science-and-research-day-302011 <p>The new ƽ���岻�� Research Centre for Cannabis held its inaugural Science and Research Day on Thursday, October 17, 2019, at the ƽ���岻�� Hospital Centre (MUHC), Glen site.</p> Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:31:08 +0000 webfull 154766 at /channels /channels/channels/event/inaugural-science-and-research-day-mcgill-research-centre-cannabis-301688 <p>The inaugural science and research day for the <a href="http://www.mcgill.ca/cannabis/" target="_blank"><strong>ƽ���岻�� Research Centre for Cannabis</strong></a> will be held on October 17, 2019 at the RI-MUHC Atrium and Auditorium.</p> Tue, 15 Oct 2019 18:11:30 +0000 webfull 154400 at /channels /channels/channels/news/so-much-discover-research-era-legal-cannabis-301448 <p>Approximately a year after the legalization of marijuana in Canada last fall, the new ƽ���岻�� Research Centre for Cannabis is poised to examine the role that legal cannabis will be playing in our society on many fronts. The trans-disciplinary centre, a partnership between six ƽ���岻�� faculties (Medicine, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Law, Science, Education, and Management) and the ƽ���岻�� Health Centre Research Institute (RI-MUHC), has already initiated a number of research projects in fundamental and applied science.</p> Wed, 09 Oct 2019 13:12:08 +0000 webfull 154128 at /channels /channels/channels/event/cannabis-panel-301205 <p>Interested in exploring careers in clinical research, data science, consulting, entrepreneurship within the cannabis industry?  Learn more about the range of opportunities within this emerging market.</p> <p> </p> Wed, 02 Oct 2019 12:50:45 +0000 webfull 153805 at /channels /channels/channels/event/cannabis-panel-301097 <p>Interested in exploring careers in clinical research, data science, consulting, entrepreneurship within the cannabis industry?  Learn more about the range of opportunities within this emerging market.</p> <p><u>MODERATOR:</u></p> Mon, 30 Sep 2019 13:01:32 +0000 webfull 153679 at /channels /channels/channels/news/entre-nous-dr-mark-ware-291337 <p><em>In July 2018 Dr. Mark Ware took a leave of absence from his position as Associate Professor in the Departments of Anesthesia and Family Medicine at ƽ���岻��’s Faculty of Medicine in order to become the Chief Medical Officer for the Canopy Growth Corporation. On November 7 he returns to ƽ���岻�� where he will deliver the 41st annual Osler Lectureship “100 years of cannabis: a journey from William Osler to the modern era,” beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the Charles F. Martin Amphitheatre in the McIntyre Medical Building. Dr.</em></p> Fri, 02 Nov 2018 14:42:03 +0000 webfull 142802 at /channels /channels/channels/news/dr-gobbi-featured-how-cannabis-could-be-safe-alternative-opioid-painkillers-291318 Thu, 01 Nov 2018 19:17:13 +0000 webfull 142775 at /channels /channels/channels/news/safe-cannabis-pain-relief-without-high-291089 <p>In the wake of cannabis legalization, a team of scientists at the <a href="http://rimuhc.ca/">Research Institute of the ƽ���岻�� Health Centre</a> (MUHC) and ƽ���岻�� have delivered encouraging news for chronic pain sufferers by pinpointing the effective dose of marijuana plant extract cannabidiol (CBD) for safe pain relief without the typical “high” or euphoria produced by the THC. The findings of their study have been published in the journal PAIN.</p> <p> </p> Thu, 25 Oct 2018 20:03:34 +0000 webfull 142516 at /channels /channels/channels/news/young-canadians-face-heightened-crash-risk-after-consuming-cannabis-new-study-finds-290574 <p>Young Canadians are more at risk of a vehicle crash even five hours after inhaling cannabis, according to results of a clinical trial conducted at the Research Institute of the ƽ���岻�� Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and ƽ���岻��, and funded by the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA).</p> Mon, 15 Oct 2018 11:08:05 +0000 webfull 141956 at /channels /channels/channels/news/pot-jobs-are-legion-canadian-cannabis-companies-struggling-find-workers-289548 <p>The weed industry is booming but cannabis companies are struggling with a growing problem: finding the right employees in the run-up to Canada legalizing recreational marijuana in October.</p> <p>As Canada becomes only the second country to legalize recreational use, the cannabis industry could add 150,000 jobs over the next several years, according to an estimate from Deloitte.</p> <p>An expert says the number of jobs available are “legion” and that “it’s a great time to come into this new marketplace” but companies have lots of job vacancies they’re anxious to fill....</p> Wed, 12 Sep 2018 13:45:30 +0000 webfull 140788 at /channels /channels/channels/news/cannabis-phd-takes-higher-education-new-level-289458 <p>There will doubtless be more and more postgraduate degrees based on cannabis production after it has been legalized, says <strong>Anja Geitmann</strong>, dean of agriculture at Montreal’s ƽ���岻��. “I’m pretty sure it’s going to change the research landscape in the sense that researchers now have access or can do research on the plant much easier,” she says.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/cannabis/2018/09/05/cannabis-phd-takes-higher-education-to-a-new-level.html" target="_blank">Read more in The Star</a></p> <p> </p> Mon, 10 Sep 2018 18:16:59 +0000 webfull 140688 at /channels