Tag: British Columbia

Smoking And Vaping Cannabis On Public Patios Now Permitted In British Columbia

Written by Hazel Norman on February 21, 2024. Posted in Policy.

Cannabis stigma is still an issue in Canada, even five years after the country passed a national adult-use cannabis legalization measure in 2018. Cannabis consumers do not experience some of the same...

British Columbia Publishes Results Of Cannabis Consumption Spaces Public Engagement

Written by Hazel Norman on January 15, 2023. Posted in Policy.

Back in the spring (April 6 to May 9, 2022) British Columbia’s government launched a public engagement effort in an attempt to gain insight into the public’s feelings towards non-medical...

Cannabis Purchasing Habits Continue To Shift In British Columbia

Written by Frank Schuler on August 7, 2022. Posted in Business, Policy.

British Columbia has long been home to a vibrant and robust cannabis community. People have flocked to British Columbia for cannabis tourism purposes for several decades now. International cannabis...

British Columbia Decriminalizes Drugs – Is This A New Global Trend?

Written by Marguerite Arnold on June 9, 2022. Posted in Policy.

A federal exemption has allowed this Canadian province to decriminalize not only small amounts of MDMA (ecstasy) but opioids, cocaine, and methamphetamine. History will certainly regard Canada not...

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Cannabis Vaporizer Technology Reportedly Avoids 20% Tax In British Columbia

Written by Johnny Green on December 29, 2019. Posted in Business.

A few months ago reports started popping up across North America of lung illnesses, with the sufferers stating that they had previously consumed cannabis via vape cartridge technology. In response...

Rule Change Allows Cannabis Packaging To Be Recycled At B.C. Stores

Written by Johnny Green on August 26, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver.

The emerging legal cannabis industry is facing a huge sustainability dilemma involving cannabis packaging. Packaging requirements in legal cannabis markets such as Canada are significant, and according...

Canadian Investors Still Bullish on Legal Cannabis

Written by Anthony Johnson on July 10, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Portland, ICBC Vancouver.

While at the International Cannabis Business Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, last month, it was easy to feel the excitement that the cannabis community has over legal cannabis coming to...

Report Estimates Canadians Spent Over $5 Billion on Cannabis in 2017

Written by Anthony Johnson on May 1, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver.

Estimating cannabis use and expenditures is rather tricky, especially during prohibition. Most people, even with the promise of anonymity, are probably unlikely to be completely honest about their...

British Columbia, Canada, to Start Unveiling Cannabis Legislation

Written by Anthony Johnson on April 26, 2018. Posted in ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

The global cannabis community rejoiced when Canada’s Liberal Party, led by Justin Trudeau, won a landslide victory in 2015 with cannabis legalization included in the party’s platform. Prime...