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Senator Jeff Merkley to Welcome ICBC Portland Attendees

Written by Anthony Johnson on August 1, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Portland, Politics.

While Senator Jeff Merkley, unfortunately, cannot make it in person to the International Cannabis Business Conference in Portland, Oregon, this September 27th-28th, due to his senatorial duties in Washington,...

Oregon State Senator Advocates for Cannabis Descheduling

Written by Anthony Johnson on July 30, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Portland, Politics.

Oregon has been helping lead the cannabis law reform movement since it became the first state to decriminalize personal use back in 1973. After voting to join California as a medical state in 1998 and...

Some Sanity Finally Comes to Oklahoma’s Medical Cannabis Law

Written by Anthony Johnson on July 27, 2018. Posted in ICBC Portland, Medical, Politics.

The cannabis community achieved a major victory on June 26th when Oklahoma voters passed its Question 788 medical marijuana initiative by a strong 57% to 43% margin in a low turnout primary election....

Jeff Sessions Says States Can Legalize…but There’s a Catch

Written by Anthony Johnson on July 27, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Portland, Politics.

Cannabis legalization supporters and Drug War reformers certainly weren’t happy when Donald Trump appointed Reefer Madness prohibitionist Jeff Sessions as Attorney General. Sessions then proceeded...

Tulsi Gabbard Introduces Bipartisan Cannabis Research Bill

Written by Anthony Johnson on July 24, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Kauai, ICBC Portland, Politics.

Researching cannabis should be a no-brainer as any nation debates its marijuana laws, but scientific research has long been blocked by Reefer Madness prohibitionists like Trump Attorney General Jeff...

Struggling Oregon Town May Turn to Cannabis for Revenue

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

It cannot be disputed that the Oregon adult-use cannabis system creates jobs and generates revenue. While the Measure 91 legalization was primarily focused on ending unnecessary arrests and better...

Oregon Medical Cannabis Program Needs to Do More for Patients

Written by Anthony Johnson on July 19, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Portland, Medical, Politics.

In many ways, Oregon is a leader on cannabis policy in the United States. The state was the first to decriminalize personal possession in 1973, was an early medical state in 1998, the third to vote...

How Will Trump Admin React if Mexico Legalizes Cannabis?

Written by Anthony Johnson on July 18, 2018. Posted in ICBC Portland, Politics.

While the global cannabis community awaits October 17th, the day cannabis becomes fully legal in Canada, some are understandably worried about how legalization will impact people at the Canada-U.S....

Oregon to Implement Recreational Cannabis Harvesting Rules

Written by Anthony Johnson on July 18, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Portland, Politics.

From a macro level, the Oregon cannabis industry is doing great. Governor Kate Brown states that 19,000 new jobs have been created thanks to legal marijuana and the Oregon Revenue Department statistics...