I recently listened to a webinar where David (Dedi) Meiri spoke about the cannabis research in his lab at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. Meiri is best known for his work matching specific components of cannabis to affect different types of cancer. But when the interviewer asked the Israeli researcher which areas of medicine he thought cannabis … Read More »
Cannabis industry profiles
Insights on Cannabis, Attitudes and Opioid Use From Dr. Brian Kaskie and the Cannabis and Older Persons Study
(originally posted Sept. 25, 2019) “There’s Something Happening Here: Exploring the Evolving Intersection Between Cannabis and Older Persons” is the theme of the recent issue of Public Policy & Aging Report, a journal of The Gerontological Society of America. Dr. Brian Kaskie, a faculty member and researcher at the University of Iowa’s College of Public Health … Read More »
Cannabis Investing – Bobbi Paley Style
The predominance of white men in the cannabis industry is a well-known and disheartening reality. But against the backdrop of pale, male and stale, New York-based cannabis investor and dealmaker Barbara (Bobbi) Paley, stands out like a flash of crimson. And if she has her way, the cannabis space is about to become a lot … Read More »
Dr. Raphael Mechoulam, the Godfather of Cannabinoid Research
If Raphael Mechoulam’s life’s work hadn’t focused on a globally prohibited and vilified plant, his might be a household name today. As the first scientist to isolate CBD and THC in the early 1960s, Dr. Mechoulam became a folk hero in the underground cannabis sphere—a status with which he is clearly uncomfortable. But it was … Read More »