Are new cannabis strains key to fighting COVID-19? These Alta. researchers think so

The husband and wife team of Drs. Igor and Olga Kovalchuk at the University of Lethbridge have been studying the use of new strains of cannabis to fight cancer and inflammation. When the pandemic struck, they turned their attention to the novel coronavirus.

Igor Kovalchuk says their lab has developed more than 1,500 hybrid strains of cannabis over the last five years and have tested about 400 of them against the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. Strains the scientists are working with are cannabidiol -predominant. That means they have high presence of the medicinal ingredient of cannabis and relatively little of the tetrahydrocannabinol , which is the psychoactive component of cannabis that causes a high.

The next big step is real-world testing of the cannabis strains that have performed well in the lab, says Olga Kovalchuk.

Sign me up!

What a bunch of bs. Give me a break. Yes weed does have some benefits but trying to extend it to covid is a wish from a bunch of people that just want to get high.

I’ll try it

It’s not a new concept at all. I’m more interested in why dreams quit when you smoke and writhing a day or 2 of stopping smoking they start again. Side note, cannabis keeps failing primary and secondary end points in controlled trial settings.

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Why does the left wing media even give these crack pots a platform with this BULLSHIT ..

Do not laugh....Promising research...Remember...Trudeau and Butts did not get Covid from Mrs. Gregoire.....🤣🤣🤣🤣

I believe it!

LOL

Criminalize marihuana for non-medical purposes again!

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