International Cannabis Business Conference Blog

Colombia Is Looking to Join Canada As a Global Cannabis Industry Leader

Written by Anthony Johnson on July 11, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

Canada has led the global cannabis industry ever since it first legalized medical cannabis. For awhile, the Netherlands was the only other nation that allowed medical cannabis exports, but Canadian...

United States Congress Held Historic Hearing on Cannabis Legalization Today

Written by Anthony Johnson on July 10, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

The cannabis legalization movement has made tremendous strides over the last two decades, creating a patchwork of legal states and federal policies that have allowed medical and adult-use programs to...

Serious Cannabis Legalization Efforts Kick Off in the United Kingdom

Written by Marguerite Arnold on July 9, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

The British press has picked up coverage of the cannabis industry lately, noticing that two special interest groups, with funding including from Canadian cannabis companies, could start making serious...

United States Congress Putting Pressure on the FDA to Regulate Cannabis

Written by Anthony Johnson on July 8, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

Last year’s federal farm bill was a landmark achievement that legalized cannabidiol (CBD) derived from hemp, setting in motion the first Food and Drug Administration hearing on “products...

A Strong Majority of Londoners Want Freedom From Cannabis Prohibition

Written by Marguerite Arnold on July 5, 2019. Posted in Business, Cultural, ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

63% of Londoners Support Full Legalization: What’s Next? The Evening Standard, like many of its Fleet Street contemporaries, is beginning to pick up the cannabis scent in the United Kingdom. In...

Canada Has Seen a 40% Increase in Cannabis Consumption

Written by Anthony Johnson on July 3, 2019. Posted in Business, Cultural, ICBC Vancouver.

Canada has clearly been a global cannabis industry leader since it first legalized medical use in 2001 a trend that has only grown as the country became the first G7 nation to regulate cannabis commerce...

U.S. Cannabis Sales Projected to Hit $30 Billion by 2024!

Written by Anthony Johnson on July 2, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC San Francisco, ICBC Vancouver.

With more and more states ending cannabis prohibition, it isn’t surprising to know that legal sales are increasing rather rapidly in the United States. Most states have seen revenue numbers higher...

Ireland Announces Launch of Medical Cannabis Program

Written by Anthony Johnson on July 1, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver, Medical, Politics.

In 2016, an Irish toddler became the first legal medical cannabis patient in Ireland after his parent successfully acquired authorization from Minister of Health Simon Harris to utilize a cannabis oil...

French Government-Tasked Commission Urges Cannabis Legalization

Written by Anthony Johnson on June 28, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

Everyone can see that cannabis policy reforms have been advancing around the free world and Europe is certainly a hotbed of activity as progressive policies have been enacted in nation after nation,...