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Poll Finds That Support For Legalization In California Has Increased Since 2016

Written by Johnny Green on October 2, 2019. Posted in Business, Politics.

When it comes to cannabis in the United States, California is a pioneer. California was the first state to legalize cannabis for medical use (1996), and while it wasn’t the first to legalize cannabis for adult use, it is still the largest legal cannabis market in the country. California...

Will Legal Cannabis Ever Eliminate The Unregulated Market In California?

Written by Johnny Green on September 20, 2019. Posted in Business.

California is home to the oldest and most established cannabis community in the United States. It’s also home to the largest population out of any state in the country. So it’s not a coincidence that California is also home to the largest cannabis industry in the nation. The state...

Keeping Up with Canada? California Moves Towards State Cannabis Banking.

Written by Anthony Johnson on May 23, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC San Francisco, Politics.

As most folks know by now, a lack of banking services have forced cannabis businesses, including those legal under state law, to deal predominantly in cash due to continued U.S. banking laws that make it nearly impossible to do business with federally chartered financial institutions. There...

San Francisco Chronicle: Vote No on Local Cannabis Tax

Written by Anthony Johnson on October 31, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC San Francisco, Politics.

Voting to legalize, regulate, and tax cannabis at the statewide ballot box is just a part of the political battle for the California cannabis community, and any state that has or will end prohibition within its borders. With strong support among voters across demographics, passing a legalization...

Most Populous U.S. County Set to Legalize Cannabis Commerce

Written by Anthony Johnson on July 2, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Portland, ICBC San Francisco, Politics.

Licencing of cannabis businesses has been rather slow out of California since the state started accepting applications last December. The deliberate pace caused for early economic projections to be downgraded by some analysts, a rare occurrence thus far as most states have exceeded initial estimates....

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, accounting for a full 16% of the total population and an astounding 28% of the euro area economy....

Los Angeles Dispensaries Begin Adult-Use Cannabis Sales

Written by Amber Iris Langston on January 22, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC San Francisco.

On Saturday, January 20th, Los Angeles joined the growing number of California cities which have begun official implementation of the Proposition 64 and are now selling cannabis for recreational use to adults aged 21+. Despite significant consumer demand for cannabis in the nation’s second-largest...

Legal California Cannabis Could Save the Owls (and Help Our Environment)

Written by Amber Iris Langston on January 12, 2018. Posted in ICBC San Francisco, Science.

When people ask what brought me to cannabis, I harken back to the mid-90s when I was a student at the University of Missouri. I was studying in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources and my cause at the time was the environment. I didn’t actually think cannabis should...

Cannabis Commerce in California Means Regulatory Compliance

Written by Anthony Johnson on January 4, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC San Francisco, Politics.

The early lines at newly-licensed California cannabis retail outlets are just a preview of the vast economic opportunities available in the Golden State. However, in California, which led our recent cannabis revolution by voting to legalize medical use back in 1996, not everything will be rainbows...

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Poll Finds That Support For Legalization In California Has Increased Since 2016

Will Legal Cannabis Ever Eliminate The Unregulated Market In California?

Keeping Up with Canada? California Moves Towards State Cannabis Banking.

San Francisco Chronicle: Vote No on Local Cannabis Tax

Most Populous U.S. County Set to Legalize Cannabis Commerce

Could Germany Become the World’s Largest Cannabis Market?

Los Angeles Dispensaries Begin Adult-Use Cannabis Sales

Legal California Cannabis Could Save the Owls (and Help Our Environment)

Cannabis Commerce in California Means Regulatory Compliance

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