Canada's largest weed market will have to wait till after the holidays for cannabis 2.0 products

The Ontario Cannabis Store will begin selling Cannabis 2.0 products in the new year.

The government store confirmed edibles, extracts, vapes and topicals “should start to appear in stores beginning January 6, 2020,” to The GrowthOp via email.

This comes as cannabis companies race to get their items on store shelves in time for Dec. 16, the first day companies can start selling the products.

New classes of cannabis were added to Schedule 4 of the Cannabis Act on Oct. 17, 2019. That became the earliest date that licensed processors could provide the requisite 60-day notice to Health Canada for any products in the new classes they are intending to sell.

As such, Dec.16, 2019, is the earliest date that notified products in the new classes could be made available for sale to provincially or territorially authorized distributors and sellers.

Auxly Cannabis Group Inc., announced it will start shipping its edibles, vapes, and other 2.0 products across Canada with brands like Kolab, Foray and Dosecann.

The company will be one of the first commercial producers ready and able to sell on Dec. 16, but realizes its largest market will be in Ontario.

Meanwhile Canopy Growth Corp. also raised eyebrows when it recently released its new product lineup — cannabis beverages, chocolates and vapes — and also mentioned most products will likely start selling in the new year.

But Ontario will have to wait until the new year to get a taste of edibles, beverages and other cannabis products.

The news will come as a disappointment to Ontario business owners who were hoping to cash in on the Christmas rush, and to customers hoping to have some cannabis edibles at their Christmas dinner table.

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