Looming Canada Post work stoppage has medical marijuana producers scrambling
Licensed medical marijuana producers have been warned to stop using mail delivery ahead of a potential Canada Post strike or lockout in early July.
The postal service says it started telling producers on Friday that, if a strike or lockout goes ahead on July 2, it won't be able to guarantee the delivery of patients' prescriptions.
That warning has producers throwing together contingency plans to make sure the increasing number of medical marijuana patients continue to get their prescriptions on time.
Two years ago, Health Canada changed the rules on who can provide medical marijuana, allowing only licensed producers to offer marijuana products to customers by mail exclusively.
As a result, most producers have been using Canada Post.
"We are a good and getting-better-every-day customer of Canada Post," said Bruce Linton, the CEO and founder of Canopy Growth Corp. which operates the Tweed marijuana production facility in Smiths Falls, Ont..
"And so it...
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