Canada BC health officials lukewarm on cannabis as harm reduction Amid a grim and growing number of overdose deaths, experts say that evidence is clear and compelling for cannabis as a harm-reduction tool Natalia Buendia CalvilloMarch 5, 2021
Canada Vancouver Cannabis Substitution Project assumes ‘Doobie Van’ operations Founder Neil Magnuson says his harm-reduction society won't give up — even after being raided and evicted from its storefront Michelle GamageNovember 21, 2020
News Canadian cannabis laws kick Vancouver harm-reduction project to the curb Despite backing from researchers and city officials, The Serious Hope Society was given seven days to leave its storefront by a judge last Friday Michelle GamageOctober 28, 2020
Enforcement Illicit ‘life-saving’ Vancouver dispensary at risk of shutdown The Serious Hope Society is asking Ottawa for an exemption from federal cannabis law. Its landlord and city staff might shutter it before one... Michelle GamageOctober 8, 2020
Analysis Imagining an inclusive system for Canada’s cannabis patients To improve safety and access, officials should heed calls to authorize pharmacies, legitimize compassion clubs and support harm-reduction groups Nick LabaSeptember 23, 2020
Analysis Daily cannabis users 26% more likely to stop injecting opioids: study Results should be used by policy makers to save lives during the overdose crisis, says cannabis and addiction scientist M-J Milloy Michelle GamageSeptember 16, 2020
Canada Cannabis is the overdose prevention tool we don’t use: symposium The Cannabis Science Symposium explored how weed could be used for harm reduction in the overdose crisis Michelle GamageNovember 25, 2019
Canada Daily cannabis use could help battle overdose crisis: study A bong rip a day keeps frequent opioid use at bay for people self-medicating their chronic pain, according to the latest research from the... Michelle GamageNovember 20, 2019
Canada Cannabis could alleviate major depression and suicidal thoughts in PTSD sufferers, study shows First-of-its-kind research points to cannabis as a treatment for PTSD symptoms Nick LabaNovember 5, 2019
Canada Pot Professor Studies Cannabis for Opioid Addiction as Major Drugmakers Face Lawsuits Mugglehead talks to University of British Columbia's M-J Milloy who is studying how cannabis might help with opioid addiction while big pharma is being... Jared GnamSeptember 9, 2019