The opioid epidemic is hurting communities all across the United States. No demographic is safe as Big Pharma has pushed addictive and deadly drugs into localities big and small. As NPR just reported,...
Embracing Cannabis Can Help Candidates This November
Written by Anthony Johnson on . Posted in ICBC Portland, Politics.
Popular support for cannabis legalization has increased dramatically in recent years, with a strong majority of voters favoring ending prohibition for all adults while a supermajority endorses medical...
Oregon County Sells Nearly $1,000 of Cannabis Per Resident
Written by Anthony Johnson on . Posted in Business, ICBC Portland, Politics.
When most people think of a cannabis-friendly locale in the beautiful state of Oregon, most people probably think about the weird city of Portland, where I’m happy to call home. Or, if they are...
Canadian Investors Still Bullish on Legal Cannabis
Written by Anthony Johnson on . Posted in Business, ICBC Portland, ICBC Vancouver.
While at the International Cannabis Business Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, last month, it was easy to feel the excitement that the cannabis community has over legal cannabis coming to...
Spannabis and ICBC Announce March 2019 Superconference
Written by Anthony Johnson on . Posted in ICBC Barcelona.
The International Cannabis Business Conference is joining forces with Spannabis, Europe’s top cannabis expo, to form a super-conference that begins March 14th in Barcelona, Spain....
Cynthia Nixon Embraces Cannabis, Raffling a “Broad City” Bong
Written by Anthony Johnson on . Posted in Business, Cultural, ICBC Portland, Politics.
“Sex and the City” star Cynthia Nixon has made cannabis legalization a major platform of her progressive, anti-establishment New York gubernatorial race, and she has recently doubled down...
Portland Brewery Leading the CBD-Infused Beer Movement
Written by Anthony Johnson on . Posted in Business, Cultural, ICBC Portland.
Cannabis is certainly a hot, burgeoning market that may put a small dent in the alcohol market. Smart alcohol industry players realize that legalization is eventually coming, so they are looking at...
Florida May Vote to Legalize Cannabis in 2020
Written by Anthony Johnson on . Posted in Business, Politics.
A strong majority of Florida voters first voted to legalize medical cannabis in 2014, but the will of over 57% of Floridians went unheeded as Sunshine State law requires that constitutional measures...
Cannabis Commerce in Massachusetts Inches Closer to Reality
Written by Anthony Johnson on . Posted in Business, Cultural, ICBC Portland, Politics.
On July 1st, when Vermont officially legalized personal cannabis possession and cultivation, but not any marijuana sales, Massachusetts’ legalization law called for the state to permit cannabis...