With Cannabis as a medicine, we think that it would somehow replace some of the waste materials used by factories that produce a large quantity of CO2.

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. The conference explores human beings’ dynamic relationship with the cannabis plant and what recent developments might mean for our health and well-being. Zach Walsh is a clinical psychologist and substance use researcher who teaches at UBC.

Zach Walsh, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the UBC Department of Psychology and Co-Director for the Centre for the Advancement of Psychological Science and Law. He attended the University of Winnipeg as an undergraduate, received a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 2008 from the Chicago Medical School/Rosalind Franklin University, and completed a clinical internship and a research fellowship at the Brown University Centre for Alcohol and Addiction Studies.

Dr. Walsh is a registered clinical psychologist whose research has been supported. The Canadian Institute of Health Research, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Health Canada, BC Interior Health Authority, the Peter Wall Endowment, and the American Psychological Association.

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