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The already-legal medical marijuana market is providing brisk business for Canadian cannabis companies as they await the end of prohibition on recreational pot later this year.

Alberta-based Aurora Cannabis Inc., one of Canada’s largest licensed medical marijuana producers, said Tuesday that November 2017 had been a “record” month for sales at home and in Germany, where medical cannabis is also legal.

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Aurora said it sold 354,000 grams or gram equivalents in November, and reported net cannabis revenues of $3.1 million. That’s up significantly from the same period in 2016, when the company’s sales topped 200,000 grams for what was then a record.

Aurora also said that its liquid assets, its cash and marketable securities as of the end of 2017, exceeded $500 million.

“Aurora begins 2018 with unparalleled financial strength to accelerate its aggressive domestic and international expansion strategy,” the company said in a press release.