Spike in medical cannabis demand catches Tilray off guard CHRISTINA PELLEGRINI CANNABIS INDUSTRY REPORTER Tilray chief executive Brendan Kennedy at company’s head office in Nanaimo, B.C., on Nov. 29, 2017. CHAD HIPOLITO/THE Tilray products such as capsules, oils, and dried marijuana at the company’s head office in Nanaimo, B.C., on Nov. 29, 2017. CHAD Mike Gorenstein, CEO at Cronos, in New York, on Sept. 4, 2018. BRENDAN MCDERMID/REUTERS