Author Archives: CBC News Canada

Thousands of young people hospitalized due to cannabis and other substance use, report reveals

[ad_1] About 65 young people in Canada per day land in hospital because of harm [...]

‘You must be very careful’: Common questions about CBD health claims for pain and other conditions answered

[ad_1] Cannabidiol, or CBD oil, is promoted for a wide range of medical conditions. Recently, [...]

CannTrust says Health Canada has suspended its cannabis licence

[ad_1] CannTrust Holdings Inc. says it received a notice of licence suspension from Health Canada, [...]

Canopy Growth to hire new CEO by end of year: chairman

[ad_1] Canopy Growth Corp.’s chairman says it expects to complete its search for a new [...]

CDC activates emergency operations centre for vaping-related illnesses

[ad_1] The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday it has [...]

Dropping a candidate can cost a party support, but the impact is small

[ad_1] Should they stay or should they go? Party leaders are asking themselves that question [...]

Vancouver mayor calls on federal leaders to act on overdose crisis

[ad_1] The mayor of Vancouver says the city that opened North America’s first supervised injection [...]

The Ontario government lost $42M selling cannabis in the last year

[ad_1] Ontario Cannabis Retail Corp. lost $42 million in the latest fiscal year, according to [...]

Vaping illness in U.S. gives Canada pause as legal sales near

[ad_1] The serious lung illness affecting hundreds of people in the U.S. who vaped cannabis-based [...]

Why some say a ‘safe supply’ of drugs will help prevent opioid deaths

[ad_1] Federal and provincial governments agree the death toll from opioid overdoses amounts to a [...]