by Lawson Brooks | Jun 1, 2024
To date, studies relying on patient feedback have shown that cannabis can have a positive effect on the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, but none have followed patients through treatment. For the first time in the United States, a human study of...
by Lawson Brooks | Jun 1, 2024
The first volume of Cannabis Health magazine was published in late 2002. Coincidentally, I’d just moved to Canada from the United States and begun a Master’s in law thesis focusing on Canadian cannabis prohibition. Little did I know that I would be incredibly...
by Lawson Brooks | Jun 1, 2024
A molecule of CBD is a molecule of CBD, whether it is in a skin cream, a recreational product, or a physician-authorized medicine. But the case of adult-use versus medical cannabis is more complicated than genetic material. As a cannabis patient, I find the...
by Lawson Brooks | Jun 1, 2024
While governments and people around the world are moving to clean up a century-old hole in the treatment of cannabis, one thing that seems to be particularly difficult to handle is plain-old, unassuming CBD. Discovered in 1942, its structure and chemistry were defined...
by Lawson Brooks | Jun 1, 2024
When cannabis was legalized in 2018, the decision to introduce a plant-specific research licence was praised by scientists in the space. Finally, it seemed that with the Cannabis Act, cannabis research could become more accessible to those eager to study it, and the...
