A Conversation With Famed Cannabis Researcher, Dr. Raphael Mechoulam

Now that Canada has legalized recreational cannabis, one option for consumers is to buy seeds from producers and grow the plants themselves. The Cannabis Act limits four plants per household, not per person.

An overview of some of the technological advancements, like rosin presses, of interest and available to medical cannabis patients.

Those online pop-ups age-gating requests on sites from licensed producer and retail stores inspired Cannvas.Me to investigate if that demographic data can help those businesses learn more about their customers.

Biotech firm NanoSphere Cannabis International is on the hunt for the Holy Grail of non-smokeable cannabis products: ensuring the cannabis consumer gets that psychoactive high delivered quicker than what’s available today.

Lobo Genetics is one of the first companies to introduce genetic profiling to the cannabis space. We caught up with company president John Lem to discuss the technology.

Hemp, a non-psychoactive variety of cannabis sativa, one of the three main subtypes of the cannabis plant, has long been known to be an effective alternative to cotton clothing and nylon ropes, but it is also being harnessed for a more surprising app...

In this exclusive Q&A with Dr. Mark Ware, the Chief Medical Officer of Canopy Growth, find out how cannabis can help ease chronic pain, the cannabis research he’s leading and what CBD can actually do.

Depending on the lens affixed to the discussion, cannabis can either be one of the easiest or hardest crops on the planet to cultivate. For centuries, cannabis sativa pushed up wildly, naturally, in the Himalayas and other parts of the globe, like Mo...

The simple answer to the question of how science has helped cannabis is that, more than anyone or anything before or since, science has loaned cannabis a sense of legitimacy.

By virtue of time and space, cannabis and artificial intelligence have come to share a common bond. Innovative technologies, e-commerce solutions, automation and even machine learning now characterize a relationship that has, really, limitless potent...

In a remarkable discovery, Canadian researchers have found 21 previously unknown cannabinoids when they were studying the chemistry of various strains.

Innovation is one of the lead characteristics that define the cannabis industry. In the context of growing cannabis, the term is more loaded than ever – connoting everything from basic adjustments to revolutionary changes in cultivation practices. Ev...

As the breadth of cultivation techniques evolve, so too has the sheer number of grow mediums increased. Where traditional mediums like soil and coco have continued to be used for medical and recreational cultivation, there are now more options than e...

For the past 100 years, cannabis consumers, growers and advocates haven’t been alone in dealing with the ramifications of strict laws governing the cannabis plant, nearly the world over. The so-called velvet handcuffs have also hindered researchers...

Robust is one way to define the current breadth of research that involves the cannabis and its chemical parts. Across the planet – namely in states and countries where medical cannabis is permitted – scientists are becoming increasingly invested in d...

The future of cannabis research is rife with potential. As more countries and states move quickly to incorporate reforms to age-old drug policies, cannabis has moved out of the shadows of its former self, and now stands tall as a therapeutic agent of...

Few people know cannabis extracts and distillates as well as David Hyde, ExtraktLab’s social media manager, who got his job after debunking spurious claims by companies selling cannabis concentrates.

Greenhouses have long been a fixture on country roads and highways outside of small towns, the world over. More of a visual enigma than anything, few people have the chance to learn about the importance and significance of greenhouses, a place where...

For decades, cannabis has found itself a slave to stereotype characterized by anachronistic tokens of a sluggish, yet peaceful, past. These cultural artifacts – bongs, tie-dye shirts and Grateful Dead posters – have in recent years started to be repl...

If you know cannabis, you know extracts are a crucial segment of the industry. The essential oil of cannabis - a concentrate of all the active pharmaceutical ingredients in the plant - is a dynamic substance that can be turned into numerous forms for...