/newsroom/taxonomy/term/2309/all en /newsroom/channels/news/researchers-find-new-role-cannabinoids-vision-262364 <p><strong><em>À¦°óSMÉçÇø 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 À¦°óSMÉçÇø 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