International Cannabis Business Conference Blog

Jeff Sessions Fallout: Dana Rohrabacher Interviewed

Written by Anthony Johnson on January 8, 2018. Posted in Politics.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions, in an attempt to stifle the cannabis legalization movement by repealing the Obama Administration’s Cole Memo (along with the lesser-known Ogden and Wilkinson Memos),...

California Officials Respond to Jeff Sessions

Written by Amber Iris Langston on January 5, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC San Francisco, Politics. 3 Comments

If you are in the cannabis industry, you probably heard the news yesterday which sent waves of fear and confusion throughout the country for every player in the marijuana market. Cannabis stocks took...

Cannabis Commerce in California Means Regulatory Compliance

Written by Anthony Johnson on January 4, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC San Francisco, Politics.

The early lines at newly-licensed California cannabis retail outlets are just a preview of the vast economic opportunities available in the Golden State. However, in California, which led our recent...

Cannabis Czar Lori Ajax Interviewed Ahead of the ICBC in San Francisco

Written by Anthony Johnson on January 3, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC San Francisco, Politics. 1 Comment

Unless you have been hiding under a rock, you know that California just legalized cannabis commerce this year. California’s influence, with nearly 40 million people and the world’s 6th largest...

Congratulations, California!

Written by Amber Iris Langston on January 2, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC San Francisco, Politics.

Yesterday ushered in a new era for cannabis with the world’s sixth-largest economy (California) coming online with legal, adult-use cannabis. January 1st marked the first day stores were allowed...

California’s Countdown to Cannabis

Written by Amber Iris Langston on December 29, 2017. Posted in Business, Cultural, ICBC San Francisco, Politics. 1 Comment

It’s all happening…IT’S REALLY HAPPENING! This weekend marks the last Friday and Saturday (okay, Sunday, too you everyday smokers) when California adults will have to worry about calling...

California Cops and Cannabis Shenanigans, Big Changes Are Coming

Written by Amber Iris Langston on December 28, 2017. Posted in Business, ICBC San Francisco, Politics.

Led by Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), many people in law enforcement have rightfully cheered the changes in cannabis policies over the last few years, citing the virtual harmlessness of...

SFGate Interviews ICBC Speaker Lori Ajax, California Cannabis Czar

Written by ICBC Staff on December 26, 2017. Posted in Business, ICBC San Francisco.

Just before California is about to officially legalize marijuana on January 1st, and ahead of her 2nd appearance at the International Cannabis Business Conference in San Francisco, SFGate (via its Smell...

Unions Battle for a Place at the Cannabis Table in California

Written by Amber Iris Langston on December 26, 2017. Posted in Business, ICBC San Francisco, Politics.

The tension between employers and employees is an age-old problem, and the advantage of one group over the other seems to swing like a political pendulum. As cannabis moves into its new market space...