CEO of the beverage giant behind Corona: Cannabis is one of the ‘most significant’ growth opportunities of the next decade

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• Constellation Brands’ CEO Rob Sands is “extremely bullish” about the burgeoning cannabis industry.
• He defended the company’s $ 4 billion purchase of a 38% stake in Canopy Growth on a call with investors on Thursday.
• “We’re not playing defense, we’re playing offense,” Sands said. 

The beverage giant behind Corona and Modelo is bullish about the future of the legal cannabis industry.

“We’ve recognized the significant opportunity that the emerging cannabis space presents as potentially one of the most significant global growth opportunities of the next decade,” Constellation Brands CEO Rob Sands told investors on Thursday.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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