Closing pot stores amid pandemic could 're-stigmatize' the industry: Former Canopy CEO

Bruce Linton, executive chairman of Vireo Health and former chairman and co-CEO at Canopy Growth joins BNN Bloomberg to weigh in on the challenges facing the cannabis sector amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 

He says that the closing of cannabis stores in Ontario could "re-stigmatize" the industry and reinvigorate the illicit market's supply chain.

Ontario pot orders surge amid quarantine

New data by the Ontario Cannabis Store shows online cannabis orders have surged 600 per cent since the beginning of March, as the country deals with the COVID-19 pandemic. BNN Bloomberg's David George-Cosh has the details.