by Sylvain Delisle | Oct 31, 2019 | CBD, Medical Cannabis, Research
Cannabidiol, better known as CBD, is one of over 100 different cannabinoids found in the cannabis plant. Unlike THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), another popular cannabinoid, CBD does not cause cognitive impairment. The endocannabinoid system Similar to the...
by Sylvain Delisle | Sep 16, 2019 | Cannabinoids, CBD, Medical Cannabis 101, THC
This is part 2 in our Medical Cannabis 101 education series. Part 1 covers the endocannabinoid system. Part 3 covers terpenes. What are cannabinoids? Much like serotonin and dopamine being chemical messengers of our nervous system, cannabinoids are the messengers of...
by Sylvain Delisle | May 6, 2019 | CBD, Medical Cannabis
You know you’ve made it to the mainstream when you’re invited to Kim Kardashian’s baby shower. Of course, we’re talking about CBD. The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star threw a CBD-themed baby shower for her upcoming fourth child. The cannabinoid (officially called...
by Sylvain Delisle | Apr 23, 2019 | CBD, Endocannabinoid System, Medical Cannabis 101, THC
This is part 1 in our Medical Cannabis 101 education series. Part 2 covers the cannabinoids THC and CBD. Part 3 covers terpenes. What is the endocannabinoid system? The endocannabinoid system (ECS) is a vast network of receptors that are located throughout the human...
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...
