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Could Germany Become the World’s Largest Cannabis Market?

Written by Amber Iris Langston on March 20, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Berlin, Medical, Politics.

You may not know this, but Germany is kind of a big deal. In fact, with an impressive 82 million person population, Germany is the largest member state of the 28 countries comprising European Union,...

Strong Lab Standards for Medical Cannabis in Germany

Written by Amber Iris Langston on March 16, 2018. Posted in ICBC Berlin, Medical.

I remember the first time someone mentioned that one of the problems with prohibition is that you didn’t know what you were getting. Whatever it was, it was probably from Mexico, where some farmers...

Medical Cannabis Community Growing Rapidly in Germany

Written by Amber Iris Langston on March 8, 2018. Posted in ICBC Berlin, Medical.

This week, March 10th, 2018, marks the one year anniversary of Germany’s new medical cannabis program, which jumped from a paltry patient count of around 1,000 under the old laws, to a total of...

German Health Insurance Providers Are Covering Cannabis

Written by Amber Iris Langston on March 7, 2018. Posted in ICBC Berlin, Medical.

The United States health care debate is as long as it is ugly. So frankly, I’m not going to get into it. Suffice to say the United States does things differently than most other “developed”...

Which Country Produces the Most Legal Cannabis? Surprise! It’s the United Kingdom!

Written by Amber Iris Langston on March 6, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Berlin, Medical.

Admittedly, I never saw this coming. I pride myself in staying on top of cannabis happenings around the world, but had to do a double take when I read the headline. According to a report by the UN’s...

High Demand and Short Supply in the German Medical Cannabis System

Written by Amber Iris Langston on February 16, 2018. Posted in ICBC Berlin, Medical.

You may have heard recently that cannabis is a good medicine – good medicine for a LOT of ailments. (I believe this to be true, and not just something put on the internet by Russians posing as...

Will Germany Ever Supply Its Own Cannabis or Remain an Importer?

Written by Amber Iris Langston on February 15, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Berlin, Medical.

In the whole world of supply-and-demand, demand has never been the problem – at least when it comes to cannabis. When you add the word “legal” in front of the word “cannabis”...

Israeli Cannabis Firms Look to Produce in Germany After Federal Freeze

Written by Amber Iris Langston on February 14, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Berlin, Medical.

When it comes to medical cannabis research, no one has Israel beat. Over the decades, the country has proven to be a leader in formally documenting the usefulness of the plant, and had a generally more...

Canadian Cannabis Giant Aurora Hits Heavy in Germany

Written by Amber Iris Langston on February 13, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Berlin, ICBC Vancouver, Medical.

If you are one of those entrepreneurs closely watching the public sector of cannabis finance, you have no doubt heard of Aurora. Aurora Cannabis Inc. is second only to Canopy Growth Corp as one of Canada’s...