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VAPE ILLNESS THREATENS BURGEONING CANADIAN MARKET

In the US, Cowen & Co estimated vaping represents 24% of the REC market, and many expected vape pens would be the first REC 2.0 product to explode in popularity. After a summer of stock market losses, the industry was looking forward to new products to buck them up. For them, the U.S. vape crisis couldn’t have been more poorly timed.

Quick Hits

  1. The Canadian Centre for Substance Use and Addiction launched its searchable Canadian Cannabis Research Database, charting cannabis research under 40 topic headings.
  2. Aphria launched a program for parents to discuss cannabis use with their children. They partnered with Drug Free Kids Canada, an organization with which Health Canada severed ties in November after learning it was founded by a donation from opioid company Purdue Pharma.
    Winsor Star, Hill Times