Ryan Allway December 3rd, 2021 App, Exclusive, News, Top Story Canada’s legal cannabis industry is flooded with products that prioritize profits over quality. While many consumers are price-sensitive, Deloitte Canada found that 86% of Millennial and Gen Z consumers are willing to buy premium products. These trends mirror many... Read more
Ryan Allway October 15th, 2021 App, Exclusive, News, Top Story Cannabis-based pharmaceutical drug products remain a niche market despite the plant’s significant promise. By acting on the endocannabinoid system, a widespread neuromodulator that plays an important role in everything from central nervous system development to synaptic plasticity, cannabinoids have... Read more
Ryan Allway September 24th, 2021 App, Exclusive, Psychedelics, Top Story Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is a common mental illness among veterans. According to the Department of Veteran Affairs, 11% to 30% of veterans who served in foreign wars experience PTSD, far higher than the estimated 6% of the... Read more
Ryan Allway September 14th, 2021 App, Exclusive, News, Top Story The cannabis industry is quickly evolving from dried cannabis to beverages and other product formats. At the same time, the pharmaceutical industry is increasingly embracing cannabinoids for their potential therapeutic benefits. The challenge is converting raw plant material into... Read more
Robin Lefferts August 30th, 2021 Exclusive, News, Psychedelics, Top News Psychedelics, including ketamine, psilocybin, and LSD, are gaining traction in the mental health industry as they have been found to be potentially beneficial for conditions ranging from depression to anxiety to PTSD to alcoholism. As psychedelics are entering the... Read more
Robin Lefferts August 30th, 2021 App, Exclusive, News, Top Story In order for cannabis medicine to make the big leap to mainstream acceptance, a few things likely have to take place. Doctors, not just cannabis providers, need to become more comfortable discussing and prescribing the plant. Regulations need to... Read more
Ryan Allway August 20th, 2021 App, Exclusive, News, Top Story Nature is the lifeblood of the health and wellness industry. In fact, rainforest plants account for the raw material to produce a quarter of Western pharmaceuticals, including more than 120 different drugs. The challenge is understanding natural compounds and... Read more
Robin Lefferts July 15th, 2021 App, Exclusive, News, Top Story In the Canadian cannabis market, Cannabis 3.0 is finally starting to realize the sales potential many investors imagined back in 2019. That is when Canada legalized cannabis-derived products like oils, extracts, and edibles, and the thought was these new... Read more
Ryan Allway June 30th, 2021 App, Exclusive, Psychedelics, Top News According to the Lancet Commission, mental health disorders are on the rise in every country worldwide, and the resulting lost productivity will cost the global economy $16 trillion by 2030. Yet, despite nearly two billion people with mental illness... Read more
Robin Lefferts June 21st, 2021 App, Exclusive, News, Top Story Just about any industry benefits greatly from the proper use and evaluation of data. The tech giants of today are built mostly on data regarding their users, and advertisers rely on that data to more effectively target their efforts.... Read more