Author Bio Alex began writing for the Fool in early 2020 and follows companies in the healthcare sector. Formerly a researcher in the biotech industry, he leverages his science background in his work as a writer and entrepreneur. His interests include exploring his hometown of Boston, traveling in Latin America, and value investing. Follow @alexcarchidi What's more exciting (to cannabis investors, at least) than growing a massive amount of marijuana? If you said, "combining the holdings of two major cultivators to grow a truly colossal amount of marijuana," you're probably already salivating over the merger between Aphria (NASDAQ:APHA), set to happen later this year.