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...
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...
Time Running Out for ICBC Mom & Pop Pitch & Early Bird Tickets
Written by Anthony Johnson on . Posted in Business, Cultural, ICBC Portland, Politics.
There is still time to get “early bird” tickets to the world’s premier B2B cannabis event, the International Cannabis Business Conference in Portland, Oregon, this September 27th-28th,...
Judge: Dismiss Josephine County’s Attack on Cannabis Laws
Written by Anthony Johnson on . Posted in Business, ICBC Portland, Politics.
Many Oregon cannabis industry observers, including myself and the Medford Mail Tribune Editorial Board, knew that Josephine County was wasting the hard-earned money of taxpayers by challenging...
U.S. May License More Cannabis Cultivators and Researchers
Written by Anthony Johnson on . Posted in Business, ICBC Portland, Politics, Science.
Whenever someone hears that the United States government maintains a marijuana farm that provides medicine for a few federal patients and research programs, it may seem like a tall tale, but it is...
The Oregonian: Ancillary Businesses Adapt to Cannabis Market
Written by Anthony Johnson on . Posted in Business, ICBC Portland.
The financial benefits of cannabis legalization make a lot of headlines as the tax revenue generated and jobs created almost always exceed expectations. The positive economic impact of regulated cannabis...
Canadian Cannabis Exchange-Traded Fund Hits $1 Billion
Written by Anthony Johnson on . Posted in Business, ICBC Portland.
Cannabis stocks, while still carrying volatile risks, have been booming recently as mainstream investors have started flocking to the sector particularly after Canada passed the Cannabis Act and with...