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New York Makes a Big Move Towards Cannabis Legalization

Written by Anthony Johnson on June 19, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Portland, ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

Cannabis legalization in the U.S. states has primarily been led by voter initiatives as all of the states to legalize cannabis commerce have done so through signature petition efforts that put ballot...

National Review Conservative Backs the STATES Act

Written by Anthony Johnson on June 15, 2018. Posted in Cultural, ICBC Berlin, ICBC Portland, ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Theodore Kupfer, or any conservative, writing for the National Review supports cannabis legalization, especially a states’ rights position on the issue....

GOP Senate Justice Department Bill Protects Medical Cannabis

Written by Anthony Johnson on June 12, 2018. Posted in ICBC Portland, ICBC Vancouver, Medical, Politics.

Cannabis legalization supporters were understandably displeased when Donald Trump appointed Jeff Sessions as United States Attorney General as the former Alabama senator has a long history of Reefer...

PRØHBTD Building Cannabis Brands at the ICBC after $8M Raise

Written by Anthony Johnson on June 12, 2018. Posted in Business, Cultural, ICBC Portland, ICBC Vancouver.

PRØHBTD, a media startup that has helped bring cannabis brands, and the culture overall, into the mainstream has just announced a successful $8 million fundraise to continue helping cannabis businesses...

U.S. Mayors Call for Descheduling, Form New Coalition

Written by Anthony Johnson on June 11, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Portland, ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

The United States Conference of Mayors, a nonpartisan organization representing cities with populations of 30,000 or more, has called for the federal descheduling of cannabis as well as other policy...

STATES Act Would Move U.S. Cannabis Law Closer to Canada’s

Written by Anthony Johnson on June 7, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Portland, ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

Today is a great day for cannabis legalization supporters in the United States and around the world as the long-awaited, marijuana law reform proposal spearheaded by Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)...

New Jersey’s Top Doctor Promotes Medical Cannabis Program

Written by Anthony Johnson on June 1, 2018. Posted in ICBC Portland, ICBC Vancouver, Medical.

Many of medical cannabis’ medicinal benefits cannot be disputed at this point. Can anyone honestly deny that cannabis can help patients to combat nausea and increase their appetite? With the current...

U.S. Cannabis Companies Head to Canadian Securities Exchange

Written by Anthony Johnson on May 29, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Portland, ICBC Vancouver.

With legalization on the horizon in Canada and seemingly politically inevitable in the United States (while there is still much work left to be done) we can expect to see more and more cannabis companies...

Congress Moves to Protect Medical Cannabis from Jeff Sessions, but What About Recreational?

Written by Anthony Johnson on May 22, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Portland, ICBC Vancouver, Medical.

It’s no secret what Jeff Sessions thinks about cannabis. Donald Trump’s “beleaguered” Attorney General famously once uttered that, “Good people don’t smoke marijuana,”...