/newsroom/taxonomy/term/2309/all en /newsroom/channels/news/researchers-find-new-role-cannabinoids-vision-262364 <p><strong><em>McGill Newsroom</em></strong></p> <p><em>Chemicals found to improve low-light vision of tadpoles by sensitizing retinal cells</em></p> <p>A multidisciplinary team including researchers from the Montreal Neurological Institute has improved our understanding of how cannabinoids, the active agent in marijuana, affect vision in vertebrates.</p> Thu, 25 Aug 2016 11:38:22 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 26104 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/dr-mark-ware-vice-chair-task-force-cannabis-261602 <p>World-renowned pain specialist and medical cannabis researcher Dr. Mark Ware, director of clinical research at the Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), has been nominated vice-chair of an important federal task force that will provide guidance to the Canadian government as it prepares to introduce legislation to legalize marijuana in spring 2017.</p> Thu, 30 Jun 2016 18:54:04 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 26002 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/supreme-court-ruling-about-medical-marijuana-253513 <p> Thu, 11 Jun 2015 19:03:49 +0000 melody.enguix@mcgill.ca 24227 at /newsroom