Toronto-based startup in race to develop cannabis ‘beer’

Toronto-based startup in race to develop cannabis ‘beer’

June 26, 2018 12:12 pm EST.

Toronto-based startup Province Brands has partnered with Ontario’s Loyalist College to develop a non-alcoholic beer made from cannabis. CEO Dooma Wendschuh says the drink is designed to have an equivalent dosage effect as an alcoholic beer.

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