Dried medical cannabis exports from Canada rise tenfold in 2017

Canadian licensed producers are exporting a record amount of medical cannabis in their drive to establish toeholds in burgeoning overseas markets.

Shipments of dried medical marijuana have soared since 2015, according to data shared with Marijuana Business Daily by Health Canada.

Just over 522 kilograms of dried cannabis was exported to four countries last year, more than 10 times the 44.8 kilograms shipped abroad in 2016.