Cannabis vape products to hit Alberta store shelves

Cannabis vape products will be available for purchase in Alberta within the next few weeks.

The decision to allow the sale of cannabis vaping products came after an Alberta government review of the “available evidence, data and other provinces’ positions on cannabis vaping,” according to Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis.

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Retailers in the province were notified directly on Friday, AGLC spokesperson Angelle Sasseville said in an email to Global News. Retailers will be able to begin ordering products as early as this week, according to the AGLC, with products hitting store shelves in the next couple of weeks. “There may be limited product from the onset but like all other products before vapes, inventory will increase in time,” Sasseville said in a statement. The sale of cannabis vaping products became legal in many parts of Canada in mid-December. At the time, the Alberta government said the products would not be available in the province until it completed its Tobacco and Smoking Reduction Act review. Rob Cherry, vice-president of merchandising with Fire & Flower Cannabis Co., welcomes the move, saying it will translate to incremental sales. “We’ve been waiting for this opportunity,” he said Monday. “We’ve had them in Ontario and Saskatchewan for some time now — they’ve done extremely well. So it’s great to see that we can provide our customers here with products that are in high demand.” Sourced from: globalnews.ca New Zealand looking to legalize Cannabis