Canadian Press says Shoppers Drug Mart has received Health Canada’s approval to be a licensed medical marijuana producer, opening the door for the pharmacy chain owned by Loblaw to dispense medical cannabis to patients. Shoppers applied for this authorization in October 2016. Shoppers media person Catherine Thomas said the firm believes pharmacists “have an important role to play in the safe and informed use of medical cannabis, and this is the first step in our journey to provide medical cannabis to our patients. We will share more information about our plans in the coming weeks.”