Ian Aarons has long had a robust fascination with cannabis, but as the state’s long-festering push to legalize the product became a reality last year, it took his interest in a whole new direction.
FSD Pharma, which launched a medicinal cannabis production facility in Cobourg, Ont., will be cancelling its cannabis licences and closing the operation next month to focus on coronavirus work.
After just a year of growing pot in Leamington, Tilray Inc., one of Canada’s biggest cannabis companies, is pulling up its local stakes and shutting down a greenhouse operation that employed about 120 workers.