Shoppers Drug Mart has received Health Canada's approval to be a licensed medical marijuana producer, opening the door for the pharmacy giant to dispense medical cannabis to patients. This comes after Shoppers applied to Health Canada to become a licensed medical marijuana producer in October 2016. Under the current Health Canada regulations for medical marijuana, the only legal distribution method is by mail order from licensed producers direct to patients. A cannabis sales license from Health Canada is also required to dispense medical marijuana to patients. It was also announced in July that Shoppers had partnered with Manulife Financial Corp. to offer enhanced medical marijuana insurance coverage.

Source: CBC News September 21, 2018 22:18 UTC