RHO Phyto Courtesy PhotoThe Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre will soon provide patients with medical cannabis products on site via its Odette Cancer Centre Pharmacy. This may be the first time a hospital will offer cannabis as a treatment option. In Canada, however, regulations do allow hospitals with “appropriate infrastructure” to store and dispense certain medical cannabis products. And this is the opportunity Sunnybrook and Avicanna are leveraging, the cannabis company’s CEO Aras Azadian explained. MORE FROM FORBES YouGov Study: 25% Of Americans Now Consume Cannabis, Use Grew 56% Since 2018Avicanna will supply its RHO Phyto products to Sunnybrook Hospital through a partnership with Shoppers Drug Mart’s platform Medical Cannabis by Shoppers.

Source: Forbes May 06, 2021 11:00 UTC