Researchers out of the University of B.C. are feeding lab mice pot and comparing the results to standard painkillers to see if cannabis will be more effective than regular medication in treating cancer-related nausea and pain.
The project is headed by Dr. Lui Franciosi, Veritas Pharma Inc. CEO and an adjunct professor in pharmacology at UBC, who is funding a team of seven UBC researchers at Cannevert Therapeutics to test different strains of cannabis.
Franciosi said the team just got approval from Health Canada this spring to conduct the experiments, and expects the tests to run at least until fall this year.
