Cannabis Science

Aurora Cannabis Inc. (NASDAQ:ACB) (TSX: ACB), the Canadian-based medical marijuana company, announced it has discovered a novel source of genetic resistance against powdery mildew, PM2, that provides strong protection against this pathogen in cannabis sativa. The development of this proprietary...

Ethos Cannabis, operating in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Maryland, emphasizes foundational practices to improve cannabis yield and quality. Steve Garner, VP of cultivation, highlights the importance of strong basics over quick fixes that he believes all cannabis companies should be...

The number of people using medical cannabis to alleviate health issues is growing. The recently published study provided more insight into the growing trend. The research conducted by experts at the University of California Los Angeles suggests that one out of six primary care patients (17%) asked...

One of track and field’s most electrifying athletes and the nation's top sprinter, Sha'Carri Richardson missed out on the 2021 Tokyo Olympics when she tested positive for cannabis in her home state of Oregon where it’s legal.  Richardson, among the fastest...

MyTEPI, a technology startup focused on providing navigation tools to cannabis consumers, launched its beta web app, The Cannabis Profiler, a first-of-its-kind web app to help guide cannabis consumers based on science, not reviews.   MyTEPI, which stands for My Therapeutic Effects...

It was only seven years ago that the largest scientific organization in the world, the American Chemical Society (ACS), founded in 1876, approved the formation of a Cannabis Chemistry Subdivision (CANN) and admitted the group into its larger body. Ezra Pryor, a founding...

By Hernán Panessi, Via El Planteo. One thing led to another. On that balcony in the Caballito neighborhood of Buenos Aires, there was nothing but bricks, concrete and the view of another balcony. Despite growing up in the heart of the city, the horizon of young Ignacio "Nako"...

Buried deep in the folds of the much-anticipated and discussed ad nauseam 2,702 pages of the $1-trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill is a paragraph that refers to “establishing a clearinghouse to collect and distribute samples and strains of marijuana for scientific research that...