CANOPY GROWTH CORPORATION
CANOPY GROWTH CORPORATION ’ S LOGISTICS DIRECTOR MATTHEW SLY TALKS ABOUT THE POST-LEGALISATION CHALLENGE OF DISTRIBUTION IN A REGULATED ENVIRONMENT
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C anopy Growth Corporation ( Canopy ) was established in 2013 at Smiths Falls , Ontario as a grower , processor and producer of medical cannabis . Cannabis originates from India and Asia , where it ’ s been used for many thousands of years and is so widely used today that a history review is unnecessary . It ’ s only recently though that western medical science has started to accept the efficacy of cannabis in alleviating illnesses such as epilepsy , multiple sclerosis ( MS ) and muscular spasms as well as a host of other conditions , both physical and mental . Research and trialling will doubtless isolate and validate many new cannabinoidbased remedies .
The debate about legalising cannabis has rumbled on for decades , those in favour pointing out that it is less addictive or physically harmful than either tobacco or alcohol , those against arguing that it is a gateway to hard drugs . However that argument is pretty much lost : legalisation in many countries has generally been welcomed
JUNE 2020