Author: Anthony Johnson

Germany Still Set to Be Biggest Importer of Canadian Cannabis

Written by Anthony Johnson on May 31, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver, Medical.

Everyone paying attention to the international cannabis business industry knows that Canadian companies have been leading the global marketplace, thanks to a pioneering nationwide medical legalization...

Global March Continues as Canopy Growth Moves Into Africa

Written by Anthony Johnson on May 30, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver.

It’s become a cliche to mention how we are all connected on this earth and that our world continues to get smaller thanks to technology, but it’s the truth, and the cannabis industry is...

U.S. Cannabis Companies Head to Canadian Securities Exchange

Written by Anthony Johnson on May 29, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Portland, ICBC Vancouver.

With legalization on the horizon in Canada and seemingly politically inevitable in the United States (while there is still much work left to be done) we can expect to see more and more cannabis companies...

End Cannabis Prohibition to Stop “Overproduction”

Written by Anthony Johnson on May 24, 2018. Posted in Business, Politics.

Oregon cannabis businesses producing more marijuana consumers purchase continues to make headlines and the so-called “oversupply problem” has drawn the ire of Billy Williams, the United...

Big Alcohol Making Big Moves in the Canadian Cannabis Market

Written by Anthony Johnson on May 23, 2018. Posted in Policy.

For years, cannabis legalization activists heard stories about how Big Tobacco companies were poised to sell marijuana as they already had the infrastructure to cultivate the plant and package pre-rolls...

Congress Moves to Protect Medical Cannabis from Jeff Sessions, but What About Recreational?

Written by Anthony Johnson on May 22, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Portland, ICBC Vancouver, Medical.

It’s no secret what Jeff Sessions thinks about cannabis. Donald Trump’s “beleaguered” Attorney General famously once uttered that, “Good people don’t smoke marijuana,”...

Canadian Cannabis Demand Expected to Hit 2.2 Million Pounds (1 Million Kilograms)

Written by Anthony Johnson on May 21, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver.

As the Canadian government is set to implement the rules for cannabis commerce in the coming months, companies are doing all they can to prepare. We have seen dramatic consolidation within the industry,...

Canopy Rivers Offering Up to One Million Dollars at the Vancouver ICBC

Written by Anthony Johnson on May 17, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver.

There are many great opportunities for entrepreneurs in the multi-billion-dollar Canadian cannabis industry, but the realities of legal commerce mandate that businesses maintain sufficient capital resources...

$24 Billion Canadian Cannabis Industry Set to Grow Abroad and at Home

Written by Anthony Johnson on May 16, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver.

Unless you are living under a rock, you know that Canada is about to legalize cannabis commerce across the nation. Once federal, provincial, and local officials finalize all the rules and regulations,...