1. Addiction in teens: A survey of 216,000 adolescents from all 50 states indicates that the number of teens with marijuana-related problems is declining. Similarly, the rates of MJ use by young people are falling despite the fact that that more US states are decriminilaization or legalizing MJ (Grucza, R.A., et al., 2016; Martins et al., 2016; Choo, E.K., et al., 2014).

2. Mental illness: Med MJ has shown efficacy in mental health contexts, specific to potency/frequency; CBD may, in fact, be neuroprotective, by slowing or even halting the loss of neurons (National Academy of Science, Engineering, & Medicine, 2017) and may also protect against structural brain harms, e.g. hippocampal neural integrity and volume loss in cannabis users (Lorenzetti, V. et al., 2016; Yucel, M. et al, 2016; Volkow, ND et al., 2014). The take-away: make low-CBD cannabis ILLEGAL in Canada, if you are at all serious about protecting consumers.