Clarification Regarding Press Release Issued by Unrelated Third Party

TORONTO, Feb. 21, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aleafia Health Inc. (TSXV: ALEF, OTC: ALEAF, FRA: ARAH) ("Aleafia Health" or the "Company"), is providing an update regarding a press release (the "Press Release") issued by an unrelated third party.

A Press Release issued by Aura Health Inc. ("Aura") entitled "With a Strategic Investment by Aleafia Health, Aura Health Announces Increase to Previously Announced Brokered Subscription Receipt Financing to $7.26 Million" came to the attention of the Company.

Although the Company was solicited to participate in Aura's private placement, Aleafia Health is not negotiating a subscription agreement, nor has the Company had the opportunity to perform due diligence or submit the participation to the TSX Venture Exchange for acceptance. At this time Aleafia Health is not participating in the private placement.

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About Aleafia Health:

Aleafia Heath, a vertically integrated, national cannabis company, operates major medical clinic, cannabis cultivation and R&D divisions. A federally licensed producer and vendor of cannabis, the company has a planned and fully-funded annual production capacity of 98,000 kg of dried cannabis flower.

The Company operates medical cannabis clinics staffed by physicians and nurse practitioners, with over 50,000 patients. The company is highly differentiated, maintaining the largest medical cannabis dataset in the world, which it used to develop unique, proprietary cannabis products and treatment methods.

Aleafia Health is committed to creating sustainable shareholder value and has been named the top performing company of the year by the TSX Venture Exchange.

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

FORWARD LOOKING INFORMATION  

This press release contains forward-looking statements and information that are based on the beliefs of management and reflect the Company's current expectations. When used in this press release, the words "estimate", "project", "belief", "anticipate", "intend", "expect", "plan", "predict", "may" or "should" and the negative of these words or such variations thereon or comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements and information.

The forward-looking statements and information in this press release includes information relating to the implementation of Aleafia Health's business plan. Such statements and information reflect the current view of the Company with respect to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in those forward-looking statements and information. 

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.