Tag: cannabis industry

Donald Trump to Replace Jeff Sessions with Chris Christie?

Written by Anthony Johnson on November 8, 2018. Posted in ICBC Barcelona, ICBC Berlin, ICBC San Francisco, Politics.

Folks can move in and out of favor with Donald Trump rather quickly. Jeff Sessions was rewarded for being Trump’s first U.S. Senate endorser with an Attorney General appointment, but he was relegated...

Report: Global Cannabis Industry Could Soon Reach $194 Billion

Written by Anthony Johnson on November 2, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Barcelona, ICBC Berlin, ICBC San Francisco.

When the International Cannabis Business Conference held its first event just over four years ago, not many were thinking about the global marijuana market. At that time, only two U.S. states had implemented...

Toronto Stock Exchange Celebrates Cannabis Stocks

Written by Anthony Johnson on October 17, 2018. Posted in Business, Cultural, ICBC San Francisco.

Whenever a company or industry reaches some type of milestone of sorts, ringing the opening bell can be a rite of passage and a demonstration of legitimacy. “You’ve made it now,” or...

SFGate.com: Three Steps to Securing Your Cannabis Industry Gig

Written by Anthony Johnson on September 13, 2018. Posted in Policy.

Whether you want to start your own business or secure a job in the cannabis industry, there are tips of the trade that are universal to any profession and key insights that may be unique to the marijuana...

Lloyd’s of London OKs Insuring Canadian Cannabis Companies

Written by Anthony Johnson on September 6, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Portland.

On many fronts, the cannabis industry is booming with record revenues and stock prices exceeding expectations. Of course, many serious issues remain, even for Canadian companies, where their home nation...

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,...

Unions Battle for a Place at the Cannabis Table in California

Written by Amber Iris Langston on December 26, 2017. Posted in Business, ICBC San Francisco, Politics.

The tension between employers and employees is an age-old problem, and the advantage of one group over the other seems to swing like a political pendulum. As cannabis moves into its new market space...