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The year 2018 will forever be remembered as anno cannabis – the year cannabis legalization came to Canada.

We talked about cannabis. We wrote about cannabis. We argued about it and we invested in it. We attended conferences, wrote legislation, grew fatigued by the endless canna-talk. Then, after Oct. 17, plenty of Canadians who hadn’t done so before even tried cannabis.

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Cannabis is getting bigger. In fact, 2019 could well become the year of cannabis edibles, following the much-anticipated release on Dec. 20 by Health Canada of regulations and guidelines around edibles.

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No one in the industry could be surprised that the federal government is approaching edibles regulations with a gimlet eye to what producers can and can’t do. No added vitamins. No sugars, colours or sweeteners. No nicotine. Limited caffeine. And definitely no alcohol. (As a licensed producer in a joint venture with Molson Coors Canada to create non-alcoholic cannabis-infused beverages under the brand Truss, we at HEXO Corp have no issue with the regulations. They are, at least, consistent with those governing the existing adult-use market.)