Canada’s federal government continues to handle all non-retail cannabis licensing, issuing licenses to businesses that cultivate and process cannabis. Those same companies are licensed to distribute cannabis and cannabis products to provincial wholesalers or ship directly to registered medical cannabis patients. Under the Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations, Health Canada previously developed a licensing system that allowed for cultivation, manufacturing, and distribution: direct to patients by mail. Additionally, Health Canada licenses testing laboratories, cannabis research, and import/export. You can follow the link to read Part 2: Cannabis in Canada – Public Retail Operations.
This article is Part 1 of Cannabiz Media’s Cannabis in Canada series. Follow the link to read more from the series: Part 2: Public Retail Operations
Canada’s cannabis legalization endeavor turns one year old today, and it’s a great time to review the previous year’s activity as provincial retail regimes continue to ramp up, new companies emerge, and licensed producers — some of which were born out of the medical cannabis era — continue to evolve. This article is the first of a series of blog posts...
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