International Cannabis Business Conference Blog

California Cannabis Advisory Committee Announced

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

The California Department of Consumer Affairs announced appointments to a new committee created under the Bureau of Cannabis Control. The committee will assist in the development of rules and regulations...

Alaskan Cannabis Prohibitionists Lose Again

Written by Amber Iris Langston on October 4, 2017. Posted in Politics.

Take note America – cannabis is here to stay. Last night Alaska voters in small communities reaffirmed at the ballot box a number of strong American values – civil liberties, social justice,...

Regulatory Hurdles Hurting Canadian Cannabis Oil Market

Written by Amber Iris Langston on October 3, 2017. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver.

Onerous regulations appear to be negatively impacting the cannabis business growth in Canada. Specifically, current organizational structures may be too strict to allow production to meet demand for...

California Insurance Commissioner Announces Major Commercial Carrier to Cover Cannabis

Written by Amber Iris Langston on September 29, 2017. Posted in Business, ICBC San Francisco.

California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones takes his job very seriously. Purportedly, he is one of only two persons at the state capitol building in Sacramento who is allowed to carry a gun. I’m...

Canadian Courts Could Strike Down Cannabis Monopolies

Written by Amber Iris Langston on September 28, 2017. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver.

Jodie Giesz-Ramsay, known to many as Jodie Emery, co-owner of Cannabis Culture magazine and its associated businesses based in Vancouver, BC, is mounting an effort to challenge some of the provisions...

Study Shows Danger of Heating Butane Hash Oil Over 750 Degrees

Written by Amber Iris Langston on September 27, 2017. Posted in ICBC Kauai, ICBC San Francisco, Science.

Concentrates, extractions, infusions – call them what you will – many entrepreneurs in the cannabis space are hedging their bets to play in, if not dominate, that sector of the new market....

California Cannabis Czar Lays Out Initial Application Guidelines

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

Lori Ajax, head of the California Bureau of Cannabis Control – also known as “The Marijuana Czar” of California – spoke about expectations to new licensing rules for the Golden...

Two Hawaiian Medical Cannabis Dispensaries Generate Over $426,000

Written by Anthony Johnson on September 22, 2017. Posted in Business, ICBC Kauai.

Maui Grown Therapies and Oahu’s Aloha Green Apothecary are the only two medical cannabis dispensaries legally operating under Hawaiian law, both first opening their doors in August. Like many...

Canadian Cannabis Companies Now Exporting to Germany

Written by Amber Iris Langston on September 21, 2017. Posted in Business, ICBC Berlin, ICBC Vancouver.

The Land of Ideas (Germany), is getting a creative boost – legal cannabis from overseas. Canadian cannabis colossus Aurora, based in Alberta, announced their first shipment of the medicine to...