OTTAWA, May 27, 2014 /CNW/ - Tweed Marijuana Inc. (TSXV: TWD) is pleased to update investors on the significant North American media coverage received by its wholly owned subsidiary Tweed Inc. ("Tweed") over the weekend.

In a period of four days, Tweed was covered on ABC Fusion's America with Jorge Ramos, appeared in a three-page focus piece on the cover of the new Observer Section of the Ottawa Citizen, and was featured prominently on the cover of the New York Times Sunday Business Section. Maclean's Magazine also released a feature piece online that will be carried in its upcoming national weekly.

Tweed also provided an update on its website yesterday that its next collection of strains will be available by May 31, with further strains available by mid-June.

The recent media coverage can be found at:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/25/business/international/when-cannabis-goes-corporate.html?_r=0

http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/home-grown-how-tweed-marijuana-inc-could-be-the-next-big-thing

http://fusion.net/america_with_jorge_ramos/story/medical-marijuana-booming-canada-mail-707366

http://www.macleans.ca/economy/business/a-grow-opportunity-knocks/

About Tweed Marijuana Inc.
Tweed Marijuana Inc. (TSXV: TWD) is a TSX Venture Exchange listed company.  Its wholly owned subsidiary, Tweed, is a licensed producer of medical marijuana in Canada.  The principal activities of Tweed are the production and sale of marijuana out of its facility in Smiths Falls, Ontario as regulated by the Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations. To learn more about Tweed, visit www.tweed.com.

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

SOURCE Tweed Marijuana Inc.

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