Canadian cannabis companies have been given a huge advantage over U.S. businesses thanks to a progressive national law that has already federally legalized medical marijuana and the Cannabis Act that...
CBD Joints May Help Tobacco Smokers Kick the Habit
Written by Anthony Johnson on . Posted in Business, ICBC Portland, Science.
Anyone who has ever quit smoking tobacco or tried, or know someone battling tobacco addiction, understands the difficulty of kicking those cancer sticks to the curb. The nicotine in tobacco is so addictive...
Forbes: Cannabis Sales Booming in Nevada
Written by Anthony Johnson on . Posted in Business, ICBC Portland, Politics.
Nevada has a history of pushing vices, with legalized gambling, prostitution, and drinking alcohol in public. It shouldn’t surprise folks that the Silver State, home of Las Vegas AKA Sin City,...
Coca-Cola Seriously Contemplating the Cannabis Industry
Written by Anthony Johnson on . Posted in Business, ICBC Portland.
Hedge fund legends. Big Pharma. Big Tobacco. Big Alcohol. The list of new and possible cannabis industry participants keeps growing and growing. And now, potentially the biggest interest yet: Big Soda....
Senate Candidate Gary Johnson Discloses Cannabis Investments
Written by Anthony Johnson on . Posted in Business, ICBC Portland, Politics.
Normally, the financial disclosures of a Libertarian Senate candidate wouldn’t be a big deal, even if it revealed investments in cannabis businesses. However, Gary Johnson, the former two-term...
We Officially Flipped Senator Dianne Feinstein on Cannabis
Written by Anthony Johnson on . Posted in ICBC Portland, Politics.
Politics can make strange bedfellows and it has long been extremely weird that California was represented by an anti-cannabis United States Senator, the extremely powerful Dianne Feinstein. While...
SFGate.com: Three Steps to Securing Your Cannabis Industry Gig
Written by Anthony Johnson on . Posted in Policy.
Whether you want to start your own business or secure a job in the cannabis industry, there are tips of the trade that are universal to any profession and key insights that may be unique to the marijuana...
Committee Passes Bill to License More Medical Cannabis Grows
Written by Anthony Johnson on . Posted in ICBC Portland, Politics, Science.
Anyone that has seen the marijuana grown by the United States government for the few remaining federally-recognized patients and the limited research projects approved over the years, knows that it...
Cannabis Cafes Coming to Oregon, Learn the Latest at the ICBC
Written by Anthony Johnson on . Posted in Business, Cultural, ICBC Portland, Politics, Social.
Despite legalizing cannabis in 2014, Oregon still has a lot of work left to do regarding marijuana, from doing better to ensure that low-income patients have safe access to automatically expunging old...