Author: Amber Iris Langston

Regulatory Hurdles Hurting Canadian Cannabis Oil Market

Written by Amber Iris Langston on October 3, 2017. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver.

Onerous regulations appear to be negatively impacting the cannabis business growth in Canada. Specifically, current organizational structures may be too strict to allow production to meet demand for...

California Insurance Commissioner Announces Major Commercial Carrier to Cover Cannabis

Written by Amber Iris Langston on September 29, 2017. Posted in Business, ICBC San Francisco.

California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones takes his job very seriously. Purportedly, he is one of only two persons at the state capitol building in Sacramento who is allowed to carry a gun. I’m...

Canadian Courts Could Strike Down Cannabis Monopolies

Written by Amber Iris Langston on September 28, 2017. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver.

Jodie Giesz-Ramsay, known to many as Jodie Emery, co-owner of Cannabis Culture magazine and its associated businesses based in Vancouver, BC, is mounting an effort to challenge some of the provisions...

Study Shows Danger of Heating Butane Hash Oil Over 750 Degrees

Written by Amber Iris Langston on September 27, 2017. Posted in ICBC Kauai, ICBC San Francisco, Science.

Concentrates, extractions, infusions – call them what you will – many entrepreneurs in the cannabis space are hedging their bets to play in, if not dominate, that sector of the new market....

California Cannabis Czar Lays Out Initial Application Guidelines

Written by Amber Iris Langston on September 26, 2017. Posted in Business, ICBC San Francisco.

Lori Ajax, head of the California Bureau of Cannabis Control – also known as “The Marijuana Czar” of California – spoke about expectations to new licensing rules for the Golden...

Canadian Cannabis Companies Now Exporting to Germany

Written by Amber Iris Langston on September 21, 2017. Posted in Business, ICBC Berlin, ICBC Vancouver.

The Land of Ideas (Germany), is getting a creative boost – legal cannabis from overseas. Canadian cannabis colossus Aurora, based in Alberta, announced their first shipment of the medicine to...

Will California Cannabis Regulations Be Too Burdensome?

Written by Amber Iris Langston on September 19, 2017. Posted in ICBC San Francisco.

The world is watching as California comes into the main fold this next year with a full adult legalization policy. The enormity of the market, matched with global regional brand recognition, and California’s...

Cannabis Prohibitionists Proclaim That the Sky Will Fall in Canada

Written by Amber Iris Langston on September 14, 2017. Posted in ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

Members of the Canadian House of Commons health committee have been hearing testimony this week about the planned roll-out for Canada’s cannabis legalization program, which is set to go into effect...

Hawaii Establishes Cashless Financial System for Cannabis Dispensaries

Written by Amber Iris Langston on September 13, 2017. Posted in ICBC Kauai.

Yesterday, Sept. 12, Governor David Ige and state Financial Institutions Commissioner Iris Ikea of Hawaii, made a public announcement which is sure to please the dispensary owners in their state. Governor...