A pair of students from St. Patrick’s High School won a gold medal at the Canada Wide Science Fair by conducting new research on a timely subject – cannabis use.

Kendra Prasad and Hannah McInnis’s study on the relationship between cannabis, brain injury and sleep wowed the judges at the national competition in Ottawa earlier this month.

The Grade 11 students needed an overall mark of 96 or higher on their display board, presentation and scientific content to snag the gold. They competed in the senior division for Grades 11 and 12, with only ten gold medals awarded in each age group.

The project’s inspiration came from learning that doctors are prescribing medical marijuana to brain injury survivors, despite little data on its benefits.

Government commits to allow private retail stores 6 months after legalization.

Private retail cannabis stores will be left out of the legal cannabis market in the Northwest Territories when the drug becomes legal, but the door is open for them to get in six months after that.

MLAs rejected an amendment to the territorial government's cannabis legislation Thursday that would have required the finance minister to keep the door open for private cannabis stores as soon as legalization happened.

But a so-called "compromise" motion presented following that vote did pass.

It allows the government to designate any store it deems "in the public interest" and calls for the development of criteria for judging public interest within six months of legalization.

The Newfoundland and Labrador legislature has now passed provincial cannabis legislation, including allowing adult residents 21 and over up to four cannabis plants at home, with a maximum of four plants per home.

It will come into effect only after the federal government passes its legislation, and with public notice.

But the exact details around growing at home, including if you can grow outdoors and under what conditions, will largely be determined in provincial regulations still to come.

The additional regulations are being crafted by civil servants, to be presented to the Liberal cabinet for consideration and final decisions.

Right now, a lot of questions remain.

People who have post-traumatic stress disorder but do not medicate with cannabis are far more likely to suffer from severe depression and have suicidal thoughts than those who use marijuana, new national research says.

Cathy McLeod's private member's bill in defense of landlords has gone down to defeat in the House of Commons.

The Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo Conservative MP's bill, C-330, would have required landlords consent before medical marijuana plants can be grown on their property.

She tells CFJC Today she was "terribly disappointed when the Liberals chose not to support it."

"What this means is that landlords still do not have protection. So, if someone with a medical authorization from Health Canada. The municipality will not know about it. They will have no ability to inspect for wiring issues, for fire hazards," McLeod says. "The landlord will have no ability to deal with it. Certainly, insurance tends to immediately delete coverage."

Aurora Cannabis Inc. (TSX:ACB) has been on an absolute tear over the past six months, spending on aggressive plans for expansion as legalization fast approaches. But is it a strategy that we should expect to pay off for the company’s shareholders? Over the past six months, Aurora Cannabis has spent billions of dollars on investments that it hopes will bear fruit for the company. The investments span a broad range of initiatives, from plans to build two state-of-the-art production facilities, an investment that saw the company take a substantial ownership position in a provincial distributor, and two outright takeovers of…

With full adult-use legalization looming, the recreational marijuana industry is gathering its resources to provide several options for tomorrow’s consumers. While smoking the plant matter will be the primary market at first, once restrictions are lifted, the future of the sector points heavily towards non-inhaled products—namely in drinks.

IndustryARC recently performed a market research study to gauge the growth and future balance to predict the impact of blockchain technology. In their findings, they discovered that the current pattern suggests a growth of 48.37% in the next five years, resulting in a value of $424,240,000 in supply chain.

Sproutly, an upcoming CSE public company, will seek to raise capital in order to develop partnerships with beverage producers and sell an efficient cannabis drink.

The opportunities presented for the cannabis market following legalization will only increase a year after the event, thanks to the legitimization of novel products such as vaporizers and edibles.

Cannabis infused beverages will also attempt to catch the eye of new consumers seeking alternatives to the most associated consumption methods with the drug. A company working to develop its own beverage told the Investing News Network (INN) about its public market intentions at the Lift & Co Cannabis Expo in Toronto held May 25-27.

DelShen Therapeutics moves toward sales licensing of Kirkland Lake-produced cannabis.

The owners of a fledgling marijuana cultivation facility, near Kirkland Lake, report an important milestone has been passed toward approval for a sale license to offer cannabis flower and oils.

48North Cannabis Corporation, the parent company of DelShen Therapeutics, provided an update on a recent Health Canada inspection of its indoor cultivation operation in northeastern Ontario.

The inspection took place May 24 following Health Canada's initial inspection that took place via an online web conference on March 16.