Canopy Growth Corporation
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| Tweed Marijuana | |
| Medical Marijuana | |
| Traded as | TSX-V: CGC |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Founder | Bruce Linton and Chuck Rifici |
| Headquarters | Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada |
Area served | Canada |
Key people | Bruce Linton, Ryan Douglas, Don Gibbs, Mark Zekulin, Brian Greenleaf |
| Products | Medical cannabis |
| Website | |
Canopy Growth Corporation (CGC), formerly Tweed Marijuana Inc., is a medical marijuana company based out of Smiths Falls, Ontario. It is the first of 13 licensed marijuana companies in Canada to go public, and is traded on the TSX Venture Exchange as CGC:TSXV. Tweed operates out of the former Hershey's Chocolate factory in Smith's Falls Ontario,[1] and operates a greenhouse in Niagara-on-the-Lake.[2]
Timeline
- In January 2014, Tweed was granted the licence to legally produce marijuana for registered users of cannabis.[3]
- In April 2014, the “Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR)” came into effect, with Tweed's NOTL facility being the first approved.
- In June 2014, the Company acquired Prime1 Construction Services Corp.
- September 2014, CEO Chuck Rifici stepped-down as CEO, and the company is currently operating with interim CEO.
- June 2015, Tweed acquires Canadian Licensed Producer Bedrocan. [4]
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