International Cannabis Business Conference Blog

Californians Will Soon Take a Closer Look at Pesticides on Cannabis

Written by Amber Iris Langston on December 20, 2017. Posted in Business, ICBC San Francisco, Politics, Science.

In California, cannabis consumers are about to get a strong dose of cannabis legalization. As the state moves into the new adult-use market on January 1st, dispensaries will be selling product off the...

January 1st, 2018 – California Cannabis Enters the Future

Written by Amber Iris Langston on December 19, 2017. Posted in Business, ICBC San Francisco.

January 1st, 2018. It’s the date on everyone’s mind in the cannabis world. It’s the date recreational sales become legal in the mighty market that is California. Adult use cannabis...

Entrepreneur Magazine Covers ICBC Kauai

Written by Anthony Johnson on December 15, 2017. Posted in Business, ICBC Berlin, ICBC Kauai, ICBC San Francisco, ICBC Vancouver.

The International Cannabis Business Conference (ICBC), since its very first event in September of 2014 in Portland, Oregon, has grown and expanded with the cannabis industry, bringing together entrepreneurs,...

California Launches Online Portal for Cannabis Businesses

Written by Amber Iris Langston on December 14, 2017. Posted in Business, ICBC San Francisco.

Alex Padilla, the Secretary of State of California, just made an important announcement in advance of the closely-approaching January 1st embarkation date for legal adult-use cannabis in California. The...

Tulsi Gabbard Urges Medical Marijuana Research to Combat Opioid Crisis

Written by Anthony Johnson on December 13, 2017. Posted in Medical, Politics.

Just a few days after welcoming attendees to the International Cannabis Business Conference in Kauai, Hawai’i Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard continued her effort in the fight for sensible cannabis...

Californians Must Continue to Fight for Sensible Cannabis Policies

Written by Amber Iris Langston on December 8, 2017. Posted in Business, ICBC San Francisco, Politics.

Cannabis entrepreneurs and other invested everywhere in California are scrambling to meet the emergency regulations recently released by the state’s Bureau of Cannabis Control in anticipation...

ICBC Kauai Was One for the Ages, onto San Francisco and Berlin and…

Written by Anthony Johnson on December 5, 2017. Posted in Business, ICBC Berlin, ICBC Kauai, ICBC San Francisco, ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

Yesterday’s Kauai Cannabis Classic golf tournament, sponsored by Leafly and Cannafornia, capped off a truly amazing International Cannabis Business Conference, that saw around 500 marijuana industry...

Canadian Cannabis Legalization Clears Major Hurdle, ICBC Will Have the Latest

Written by Amber Iris Langston on November 29, 2017. Posted in Business, ICBC Kauai, ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

The lower house of the Canadian Parliament passed a bill earlier this week which constitutes a major step forward in the advancement of adult-use Canadian cannabis legalization. Bill C-45 – the...

Tulsi Gabbard Talks Marijuana Policy with Smell the Truth

Written by Anthony Johnson on November 28, 2017. Posted in ICBC Kauai, Politics.

A veteran of the Iraq War, Hawaii’s Tulsi Gabbard was a rising star in Democratic politics before she resigned as vice-chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to wholeheartedly back the...