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Colombia Is Looking to Join Canada As a Global Cannabis Industry Leader

Written by Anthony Johnson on July 11, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

Canada has led the global cannabis industry ever since it first legalized medical cannabis. For awhile, the Netherlands was the only other nation that allowed medical cannabis exports, but Canadian...

United States Congress Held Historic Hearing on Cannabis Legalization Today

Written by Anthony Johnson on July 10, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

The cannabis legalization movement has made tremendous strides over the last two decades, creating a patchwork of legal states and federal policies that have allowed medical and adult-use programs...

Serious Cannabis Legalization Efforts Kick Off in the United Kingdom

Written by Marguerite Arnold on July 9, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

The British press has picked up coverage of the cannabis industry lately, noticing that two special interest groups, with funding including from Canadian cannabis companies, could start making serious...

United States Congress Putting Pressure on the FDA to Regulate Cannabis

Written by Anthony Johnson on July 8, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

Last year’s federal farm bill was a landmark achievement that legalized cannabidiol (CBD) derived from hemp, setting in motion the first Food and Drug Administration hearing on “products...

A Strong Majority of Londoners Want Freedom From Cannabis Prohibition

Written by Marguerite Arnold on July 5, 2019. Posted in Business, Cultural, ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

63% of Londoners Support Full Legalization: What’s Next? The Evening Standard, like many of its Fleet Street contemporaries, is beginning to pick up the cannabis scent in the United Kingdom....

Ireland Announces Launch of Medical Cannabis Program

Written by Anthony Johnson on July 1, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver, Medical, Politics.

In 2016, an Irish toddler became the first legal medical cannabis patient in Ireland after his parent successfully acquired authorization from Minister of Health Simon Harris to utilize a cannabis...

French Government-Tasked Commission Urges Cannabis Legalization

Written by Anthony Johnson on June 28, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

Everyone can see that cannabis policy reforms have been advancing around the free world and Europe is certainly a hotbed of activity as progressive policies have been enacted in nation after nation,...

Switzerland’s Federal Council Moves to Fully Legalize Medical Cannabis

Written by Anthony Johnson on June 27, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Bern, ICBC Switzerland, ICBC Zurich, Medical, Politics.

Switzerland has been relatively progressive on cannabis, including the legalization of cannabis with no more than 1% THC, one of the reasons the International Cannabis Business Conference teamed up...

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Canada Brings in $186 Million in Tax Revenue as Sales Continue to Increase

Written by Anthony Johnson on June 24, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

It’s no secret that cannabis sales in Canada have gotten off to a relatively slow start as the government has taken a rather conservative, cautious approach to licensing, as government officials’...