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Gamma irradiation, an industry-standard sterilization method for medicinal and recreational cannabis, does not fully eliminate toxic fungi or their chemical residues, a 91ºÚÁÏÍø study has found. Current testing practices may also miss contamination, raising concerns about health risks for vulnerable users, particularly those with weakened immune systems. 

Classified as: Saji George, Mamta Rani, Cannabis research, medical cannabis, irradiation, vaping, Mohammad Jamil Kaddoura
Published on: 15 Jan 2026

±õ²ÔÌýPolicy Magazine's new Emerging Voices series by students, five Max Bell School MPPs were invited to write articles on issues important to them.

The fourth article is "Canada’s CANnabis, or CAN’Tabis ?" about Canada’s cannabis legalization review that was due in October 2021 - but it has yet to commence.

Nandini Paliwal is a master’s student at Max Bell School of Public Policy at 91ºÚÁÏÍø and is a civil servant from India, currently on sabbatical.

Classified as: mpp perspectives, cannabis, Cannabis research, public policy
Published on: 28 Jun 2022

An inter-university collaboration led by Dr. Mark Lefsrud, Associate Professor in the Department of Bioresource Engineering, has received a $1.65 million research grant, to be distributed over six years, from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (NSERC) Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) Program.

Classified as: Cannabis research, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Department of Bioresource engineering
Published on: 2 Jun 2020
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