After running afoul of Health Canada this summer, Ontario cannabis producer CannTrust is now planning to destroy $77 million of its inventory and assets.
The question, unanswered in the company’s Monday announcement, is: How do you destroy that much cannabis? Though the total is still unclear, it appears to be thousands and thousands of kilograms. Health Canada provided some guidance for the National Post on Tuesday.
One acceptable method involves shredding the cannabis and mixing it with water and cat litter — or “other types of inorganic material” — to help break it down and mask the odour before composting or disposing it. The product also can be incinerated, granted the process follows regulations that forbid any method that should result in individuals breathing in the smoke or vapour.
The point is to render the product unusable and unsalvageable, said Trina Fraser, a cannabis lawyer who specializes in regulatory compliance. “They’re not going to put it in a big pile outside the building and spark it up — that’s for sure,” she said.
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