Aphria CEO explains the biggest opportunity in the Canadian weed business

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'There's a $5 billion market out there [where] products are sold into the illicit market,' Aphria interim CEO Irwin Simon says.

"There's a $5 billion market out there [where] products are sold into the illicit market," Aphria interim CEO Irwin Simons says.

"This industry used to be about who can get the right press release out. It's no longer about press release. Organic growth and making money and rewarding your shareholders," he says.interim CEO Irwin Simon said Monday that the biggest opportunity that he sees in the Canadian cannabis market is converting consumers from the black market to the legal one.

The Canadian cannabis company, which has about a $1.8 billion market cap, makes and sells medical and recreational marijuana in that country. Canada legalized the weed business in October 2018.

 

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