by Sylvain Delisle | Feb 15, 2019 | Canada House, Cannabinoids, CBD, Chronic Pain, THC
To understand how cannabis treats pain, we first need to know: how we experience pain how our endocannabinoid system works a basic understanding of cannabis How we feel pain First, our skin receptors send pain signals through nerve fibers to the spinal cord which then...
by Sylvain Delisle | Dec 12, 2018 | Canada House, Cannabinoids, CBD, THC
“I’m interested in medical cannabis, but I don’t want to get high from it.” If we had a drop of water for every time we heard this, we would have a full swimming pool…and a very strange way of acquiring water…(hat tip to Mitch Hedberg) We don’t want you to get...
by Sylvain Delisle | Nov 23, 2018 | Canada House
Recently a Vancouver Sun headline read, “Where are the seeds?” in response to the Cannabis Stores across Canada facing a shortage in available cannabis within days of the turn to legal recreational cannabis in Canada. Within the excitement to purchase cannabis,...
by Sylvain Delisle | Nov 13, 2018 | Canada House, PTSD
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that’s caused by a terrifying event — either experiencing it or witnessing it. Symptoms can include flashbacks, nightmares, anxiety, difficulty sleeping, and hyperarousal. Nearly 20,000 RCMP and...
by Sylvain Delisle | Nov 2, 2018 | Canada House, Canadian Veterans, Cannabis, PTSD, Veteran's Affairs Canada
Canada House was asked to present to the Senate subcommittee on Veterans Affairs on October 31, 2018 to discuss the use of medical cannabis for treating combat injuries. Alex Kroon, president of Canada House, was joined by Veteran Riley McGee, president of Abba Medix...
