International Cannabis Business Conference Blog

Medical Cannabis Patients and Providers Protected by Senate Debt Bill

Written by Anthony Johnson on September 8, 2017. Posted in Politics.

The cannabis community was rocked when the Republican-led House Rules Committee nonsensically prohibited a vote on the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment, and a whole host of other positive cannabis law...

Rohrabacher and Blumenauer React to Blockage of Their Marijuana Amendment

Written by Amber Iris Langston on September 7, 2017. Posted in Politics.

In a late night announcement, US House Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), co-founders of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, issued a press release announcing a decision...

Washington State Cannabis Consumers Seeing Lower Prices

Written by Amber Iris Langston on September 6, 2017. Posted in Business.

I guess what they say is true…in the marketplace, supply and demand are related! Who knew? Well, pretty much everyone knew. And when it comes to cannabis, prices have had been artificially inflated...

California Legislators Defeat Ban on Cannabis Advertising

Written by Amber Iris Langston on September 5, 2017. Posted in Business, ICBC San Francisco.

Last week I reported the California legislature was meeting in special session, and that one of the measures moving forward included a somewhat strict prohibition on cannabis branding and labeling....

New Testing Standards Implemented in Oregon

Written by Amber Iris Langston on September 1, 2017. Posted in OMBC.

The Recreational Marijuana Program at the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) made an announcement on Wednesday, August 30, related to the state’s pesticide testing program. Now, every batch...

California May Unreasonably Restrict Cannabis Branding

Written by Amber Iris Langston on August 31, 2017. Posted in Business, ICBC San Francisco.

“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” – Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare While Shakespeare’s words ring true across time and space, one thing is for sure: if...

American Cannabis Activists Irk German Drug Czar

Written by Amber Iris Langston on August 30, 2017. Posted in ICBC Berlin.

Marlene Mortler, the Drug Czar of Germany, sounds like she has taken a cue from the garbled logic of US Drug Enforcement Administration and Kevin Sabet of Smart Approaches to Marijuana, a man I think...

Cannabis Recalled In Canada

Written by Amber Iris Langston on August 29, 2017. Posted in ICBC Vancouver.

Broken Coast Cannabis Ltd., a Vancouver Island-based commercial medical cannabis grower, has issued a recall for three batches of dried cannabis that made its way onto dispensary shelves last year,...

International Cannabis Treaties Stifling Legalization in Uruguay

Written by Amber Iris Langston on August 24, 2017. Posted in Business.

The long arm of the law stretches far and wide. Reports out of Uruguay this past week state that the Latin American country, the first to legalize adult-use cannabis in 2014, is facing internal...