Author: Anthony Johnson

Jobs Boom: California Cannabis Company Entices Uber Drivers

Written by Anthony Johnson on December 17, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Barcelona, ICBC Berlin, ICBC San Francisco, ICBC Vancouver.

More and more Americans are turning to the so-called gig economy to make ends meet these days as the cost of living increases (particularly for housing in hot markets), leaving wages in the dust. You...

U.S. Senate Votes to Legalize Hemp! Onto the House & Trump!

Written by Anthony Johnson on December 12, 2018. Posted in Cultural, Politics.

There are many ridiculous aspects of federal cannabis prohibition, but none more asinine than the illegality of industrial hemp. Hemp has played a crucial part in the history of the United States as...

The Godfather of Cannabis Research to Speak at ICBC Berlin

Written by Anthony Johnson on December 12, 2018. Posted in Cultural, ICBC Barcelona, ICBC Berlin, ICBC San Francisco, ICBC Vancouver, Science.

The International Cannabis Business Conference has featured movers and shakers across the cannabis community since the events first began just over four years. ago. Former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn...

ICBC Founder Alex Rogers Featured on Hash Church 2.0

Written by Anthony Johnson on December 11, 2018. Posted in Cultural, ICBC Barcelona, ICBC Berlin, ICBC San Francisco, ICBC Vancouver.

Alex Rogers founded the International Cannabis Business Conference in 2014 after a successful (and ongoing) stint as a medical clinic owner. Alex’s vision of an interconnected industry on the...

California Bureau of Cannabis Control Wisely Allows Statewide Deliveries

Written by Anthony Johnson on December 10, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC San Francisco, Politics.

The Bureau of Cannabis Control just released its draft rules which now go into a 30-day review process before the Office of Administrative Law. While there are certainly pluses and minuses of the draft...

Politico: Patients Pushing for Medical Cannabis Across the EU

Written by Anthony Johnson on December 7, 2018. Posted in Cultural, ICBC Barcelona, ICBC Berlin, ICBC San Francisco, ICBC Vancouver, Medical, Politics.

Countries all across Europe have been making great strides in improving their medical cannabis laws, with the UK and Greece being the most recent nations to implement medicinal programs, following in...

ICBC Barcelona to Give 20K to European Cannabis Company

Written by Anthony Johnson on December 4, 2018. Posted in Business, Cultural, ICBC Barcelona.

The International Cannabis Business Conference has already established itself as the premier global industry event in just four short years with conferences from North America’s West Coast to...

Final California Cannabis Rules Expected to Go Public January

Written by Anthony Johnson on December 3, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC San Francisco.

While the three agencies regulating various aspects of the California cannabis industry, the Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC), the Department of Food and Agriculture, and the Department of Public...

Leafly: Signs That California Cannabis Legalization Is Surging

Written by Anthony Johnson on November 30, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Barcelona, ICBC Berlin, ICBC San Francisco.

It’s no secret that the rollout of California’s cannabis legalization laws has been slow-going. Moving at a cautious speed that has seen the first annual licenses just starting to be issued,...