Article by Travis Cesarone, Cannabis Life Network Cannabis can agonize PPARs, a messenger protein that regulates lipid and inflammatory homeostasis and inhibits common cold symptoms. (1) Moreover, Lethbridge University discovered significantly reduced cytokine levels in chronic cannabis users that led to drastically decreased viral severity. (2) And, on the bacteria front, cannabis can effectively fight off bacterial infections. So, what cannabinoid or cannabis products affect ...

Article by Rose, Cannabis Life Network Over the past few years, we’ve been hearing a lot about CRISPR. What exactly is CRISPR? And what does it mean for the future of cannabis production? The discovery of CRISPR In 1972, biochemists Stanley N. Cohen and Herbert W. Boyer were the first to cut DNA into fragments. It was one of many milestones that ...

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op Fewer than 400 people have successfully been pardoned for cannabis possession offences despite a new federal program introduced almost two years ago that was aimed at doing precisely that. Citing figures from the Parole Board of Canada (PBC), CTV News reports that officials have granted 395 pardons under the program up until Mar. 21, 2021. More people ...

Article by Matt Lamers, Marijuana Business Daily Aurora Cannabis is looking to unload one of the largest and most expensive greenhouses ever built to grow marijuana, but any potential buyer could be on the hook for additional expenditures to get the project across the finish line. The company hasn’t set a price but is instead entertaining offers. Aurora has put ...

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op Seth Rogen, buzzed to the hilt on a cannabis lollipop he had throughout the Golden Globes presentation several years ago, thought he was pulling off a nothing-to-see-here vibe… until ‘Walter White’ got into his head. Speaking this week on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Rogen hilariously relayed the moment he knew it was best to ditch the ...

Article by Derek Baldwin, The Belleville Intelligencer Loyalist College’s Applied Research Centre has received its first two Mitacs Accelerate funding awards totalling $30,000 to support an applied research project with apollogreen, a global, cannabis starter-plant supplier. Mitacs is a not-for-profit organization that receives federal and provincial funding to foster growth and innovation in Canada by solving business challenges with research ...

Article by Ludvig Drevfjall, Thorold News Thorold is 1,5 months away from seeing the doors open to the city’s first cannabis store. Toronto entrepreneur Bret Unger, owner of Takeoff Cannabis told Thoroldnews.com that the grand opening will be held on April 20 – in cannabis culture sometimes heralded as a day particular to the celebration of weed. “We are extremely excited. The ...

Article by Baystreet In its latest effort to clamp down on the black market, Ottawa is moving to tighten rules for individuals who are allowed to grow their own medical cannabis. Health Canada has launched a public consultation seeking to refine and strengthen the rules around who is allowed to grow cannabis for medicinal purposes. In a draft guidance issued ...

Article by Gary Potter, The Conversation Back in the days when “skunk” was mainly associated with Pepé Le Pew and hydroponics was a way of improving cucumbers, most of the UK’s cannabis supply was imported from places such as Morocco and Lebanon. This changed in the past two or three decades in the UK and many other countries as organised criminal gangs set up ...

Article by Yahoo News Organigram Holdings Inc. says a subsidiary of British American Tobacco has signed a deal to buy a 19.9 per cent stake in the cannabis company for $221 million. Under the agreement, BAT will buy 58.3 million Organigram shares at a price of $3.792 per share. Organigram says it has also signed a product development collaboration agreement ...