TORONTO, July 9, 2018 /CNW/ - Aleafia Health Inc. (TSXV: ALEF) (OTCQX: ALEAF) ("Aleafia") or (the "Company"), one of Canada's leading, vertically integrated medical cannabis companies with a unique patient-focused, healthcare solution, is pleased to provide an update further to the press release dated July 6, 2018, on the acquisition of the 160,000 square foot cultivation facility located in Grimsby, Ontario.

Aleafia is pleased to report that the zoning variance required by Aleafia for the Grimsby facility was accepted and passed late Friday afternoon. As previously disclosed, the Company expects to close on the transaction in late July, after completion of the 20 day appeal process.

Since executing the agreement to acquire the facility, Aleafia has been meticulously working through the due diligence process and has found that the facility is expected to provide even more value from a cultivation perspective than initially anticipated.

Working with well respected engineers and contractors in the cannabis cultivation space, Aleafia has found that the facility, in its current state, is expected to be up and running sooner than anticipated and under the budget originally developed.

"Having only been working with the Aleafia team a very short time, I am pleased to find that as I dig deeper into the inner workings of the company, the foundation for growth is unlimited." said Geoff Benic, CEO. "Getting intimately familiar with the new facility has given me comfort in our ability to continue to grow our company both organically and by way of additional acquisitions."

At the meeting late Friday afternoon, Mr. Benic addressed the Grimsby town council, thanked them for their support and reiterated Aleafia's continued mission to be leading corporate citizens while supporting the local economy.

For more information, please go to http://www.aleafiainc.com

About Aleafia Health Inc.:

Aleafia Health Inc. is one of Canada's leading, vertically integrated medical cannabis companies with a unique patient-focused, medical cannabis healthcare solution. Led by a distinguished and experienced corporate leadership team, Aleafia Health Inc. is pioneering a patient-centric experience that includes personalized services before, during and after treatment. Aleafia's 22 cannabis clinics are staffed by licensed, practicing physicians. Aleafia Health Inc. has realized sustained patient acquisition growth and retention, underscoring the success of Canada's first "patient-centric" cannabis-based health network.

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By their nature, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or other future events, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, the following risks: risks associated with the implementation of Aleafia Health's business plan and matters relating thereto, risks associated with the cannabis industry, competition, regulatory change, the need for additional financing, reliance on key personnel, the potential for conflicts of interest among certain officers or directors, and the volatility of the Company's common share price and volume.  Forward-looking statements are made based on management's beliefs, estimates and opinions on the date that statements are made and the Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements if these beliefs, estimates and opinions or other circumstances should change.  Investors are cautioned against attributing undue certainty to forward-looking statements.

There are a number of important factors that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those indicated or implied by forward-looking statements and information. Such factors include, among others, risks related to Aleafia Health's proposed business, such as failure of the business strategy and government regulation; risks related to Aleafia Health's operations, such as additional financing requirements and access to capital, reliance on key and qualified personnel, insurance, competition, intellectual property and reliable supply chains; risks related to Aleafia and its business generally. The Company cautions that the foregoing list of material factors is not exhaustive. When relying on the Company's forward-looking statements and information to make decisions, investors and others should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other uncertainties and potential events. The Company has assumed a certain progression, which may not be realized. It has also assumed that the material factors referred to in the previous paragraph will not cause such forward-looking statements and information to differ materially from actual results or events. However, the list of these factors is not exhaustive and is subject to change and there can be no assurance that such assumptions will reflect the actual outcome of such items or factors. While the Company may elect to, it does not undertake to update this information at any particular time.

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SOURCE Aleafia Inc.

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