TORONTO — 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 in October 2016 applied to Health Canada to become a licensed medical marijuana producer. A cannabis sales license from Health Canada is also required to dispense medical marijuana to patients. It was also announced in July that Shoppers was partnering with Manulife Financial Corp. to offer enhanced medical marijuana insurance coverage. Under the program, Manulife customers approved for medical marijuana coverage will be able to consult with Shoppers pharmacists at an Ontario-based patient care centre about different strains of medical marijuana and the different ways to take it.

Source: National Post September 21, 2018 21:11 UTC