Cannabis stocks in Canada have soared in the past few years. But earlier this month, CannTrust, one of Canada’s largest licensed producers, disclosed that Health Canada was investigating the company following revelations that it was growing unlicensed weed in one of its facilities. Since that story came out, its stock has plummeted. 

Host Tamara Khandaker talks to Vanmala Subramaniam from the Financial Post to take you through the story of how one of the country’s top 10 licensed producers took the risk of hiding unlicensed cannabis plants, and what this story can teach us about investing in weed in Canada.

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