From food to products to building, industrial hemp is very environmentally-friendly.

Industrial hemp has many practical uses and has been used for thousands of years. Read up on 5 ways that hemp helps the environment.

Hemp for nutrition

Of course there are many high protein alternatives, but hemp is one of the best proteins to eat. Unlike other proteins like soy and quinoa, hemp does not cause soil erosion or require synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides for a quality crop.

Strainprint Technologies Ltd. ("Strainprint") -- the leader in cannabis patient and strain efficacy data -- is excited to announce the launch of the first ever co-branded version of its revolutionary mobile outcomes-tracking App with Emblem Cannabis Corp. ("Emblem"). This customized edition of the App features all the same great functionality but is enhanced with unique benefits for Emblem patients such as redeemable discounts on Emblem products.

 Resolve Digital Health Inc., a cutting edge Canadian developer of Medical Cannabis delivery systems and devices, has formed a joint venture with LeafCann Group, a leader in the production and development of cannabis medications, clinical research and education, based in Melbourne, Australia. This initiative will grant LeafCann Group a license to register and promote Resolve Digital Health's proprietary Breeze Inhaler system in the Australian market.

Development of regulated legal cannabis markets in Canada and abroad just beginning in areas of consumer products, distribution, research and vertical integration

With launch of "Amazon-like" Tweed Main Street online store and significant investment in fulfillment, shipping and transactional IT system capabilities, Company is readying to lead online order/direct delivery backbone of Canadian cannabis market in 2018 and beyond

Consumers will demand access to wide variety of branded, consistent cannabis-based consumer packaged goods; systems of medical insurance coverage require medicinal defined products with clinically proven efficacy

Cannabis may help alleviate symptoms of PTSD and remove negative associations in daily life.

PTSD, or post traumatic stress disorder, is an anxiety condition caused by disturbing episodes in one’s life, such as military combat or sexual abuse. PTSD is thought to be caused by changes in the brain chemistry that occur at the time of the trauma, when stress and adrenaline hormones are hyper-responsive.

Canada is on track to becoming the first major world economy to legalize recreational marijuana use next year, which has created unprecedented demand on the market.

Two U.S. studies published last week came to different conclusions after analyzing collisions in states such as Colorado and Washington.

With marijuana legalization on the horizon, Canada may be looking south of the border for clues as to how cannabis impacts vehicle collision rates. But a pair of American studies released last week came came to seemingly opposite conclusions on whether rising marijuana use is causing an increase in car crashes in states that have legalized the drug.

LGC Capital Ltd. (CVE:QBA), a marijuana stock, moved sharply higher after announcing a new 50/50 Joint Venture to grow cannabis in southern Africa.

LGC Capital Ltd. (TSXV: QBA), a new marijuana stock, surged 57% to $0.055 on Monday after announcing that it has entered into a strategic alliance with AfriAg (Pty) Ltd to create a new 50/50 Joint Venture to grow and distribute medical and recreational cannabis products in the southern African region for export to regulated and certified end users around the world.

It is well known that cannabis and its major active compound THC can increase appetite and cause “the munchies.”

But did you know that cannabis use might also contribute to a healthy body weight?

Former provincial chief of staff makes predictions on the legal recreational marijuana industry.

Omar Khan sat down with Matt Galloway on Metro Morning to discuss big questions that have yet to be answered in the federal government's push to develop a legal framework for recreational marijuana sales by July 2018.

Khan is former chief of staff to the Ontario health minister and he now works with the marijuana industry as vice president, public affairs of Hill + Knowlton strategies.

Questions and answers have been condensed.

Matt Galloway: How prepared is this country for legal weed?