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A group of Alberta's future doctors are calling on the provincial government to use cannabis tax revenue to fund mental health initiatives for youth. At least, that will be the pitch when 40 medical students from the University of Alberta and University of Calgary get together Monday with...

Early 19th-Century France saw the genesis of an interesting if controversial approach towards understanding the origins and nature of psychosis. Jacques-Joseph Moreau was at the forefront of modern psychiatry. “Self-Experimenters: Sources for Study” is a 2003 bibliographical book authored by...

When: Tuesday, January 24 at 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: UBC Okanagan - Fipke 204 3333 University Way, Kelowna, BC Join us as we hear Dr. Zach Walsh speak about the emerging field of cannabis and mental health. To date, cannabis research has focused mainly on problematic use and subsequent...

A UBCO professor is hosting a public forum in Kelowna for speak on the role cannabis could play in improving mental health and fighting addictions. According to Zach Walsh, associate professor of psychology of UBC's Okanagan campus, marijuana could help treat depression, PTSD and social...

"Research suggests that people may be using cannabis as an exit drug to reduce the use of substances that are potentially more harmful, such as opioid pain medication," study lead investigator Zach Walsh, an associate professor of psychology, said in a press statement. The researchers...

Julien is showing us around his family's idyllic eco campsite, just outside Canterbury in Kent. He points out the fire pits for campers, rain-flushed toilets, and the glamping field that's brimming with luxury teepees every summer. Then he sits down on one of the picnic benches, pulls out a...

Julien is showing us around his family's idyllic eco campsite, just outside Canterbury in Kent. He points out the fire pits for campers, rain-flushed toilets, and the glamping field that's brimming with luxury teepees every summer. Then he sits down on one of the picnic benches, pulls out a...

A local Adult Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner who treats PTSD has been pushing for years for the feds to essentially legalize medical marijuana. It's legal here in New Mexico but the federal laws still muddys things for patients. "I mean it turns people's lives around,"...

A local Adult Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner who treats PTSD has been pushing for years for the feds to essentially legalize medical marijuana. It's legal here in New Mexico but the federal laws still muddys things for patients. "I mean it turns people's lives around,"...