BC Company Says It Was Granted Permission by Health Canada to Produce and Sell Cocaine

A woman (L) prepares to inject herself with an unknown substance as a man sits in a wheelchair outside Insite, the supervised consumption site, in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, B.C., on Feb. 21, 2017. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

A British Columbia cannabis company says it has received approval from Health Canada to produce, sell, and distribute cocaine.

In a news release on Feb. 22, Adastra Holdings Ltd., which produces marijuana for adult use and medical sales out of headquarters in Langley, B.C., announced that it was granted a Health Canada amendment to its Controlled Drug and Substances Dealer’s License on Feb. 17.