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Plenty has changed since former B.C. health minister Terry Lake took a job in the cannabis industry in 2017 and recreational pot became legal last October.

In his new role as vice-president of corporate social responsibility and communications for Quebec-based Hexo Corp., he is meeting more people who have turned to the plant for health and wellness or to just “add a little around the edges,” rather than alter their minds, he said.

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After plenty of contemplation and research, he now counts himself among them, using CBD, the non-psychoactive cannabinoid in cannabis, daily.

“I’m trying to judge for myself whether or not it’s having a positive impact on me and I can say that I think it is,” Lake said Thursday at the Vancouver Conference Centre, where the Lift & Co. Cannabis Expo runs Friday through Sunday.

“I also know there’s a placebo effect with anything like that so, you know, I have to be careful about how I interpret that. But certainly, it doesn’t have any adverse effects and I really think that it’s helped me in terms of my ability to deal with stress and my ability to have a better sleep.”