Former Greater Victoria doctor says studies show benefits of cannabis on aging population

If you don’t believe cannabis improves memory functions in older folks, you may be amazed by the mice in the maze.

“There’s a great study out of Germany that shows cannabis helps prevent memory loss in the older generation,” said Dr. Dave Hepburn, who was a family physician in Greater Victoria for 30 years

“The bottom line is the study on mice showed that the THC-impaired younger mice in a maze didn’t do as well as the older mice who had taken cannabis, Hepburn said in a telephone interview with Black Press Media from Peru.

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