Marijuana in medicine: can experts create pain relief without a high?

Professor Ross has developed a molecule that “killed pain without causing a high.” Her goal now? “To make better versions of the molecule that could one day be made into a new drug.” (photo by Rick Chard/CAMH).

Writer Heidi Singer of the Faculty of Medicine discussed this heady prospect with Professor Ruth Ross, chair of the department of pharmacology and toxicology and a prominent researcher in this field.

Developing a cannabis-based drug free of side effects such as memory loss