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Out of Africa: The New Cannabis Trade Looming With Europe

Written by Marguerite Arnold on July 17, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

There does not seem to be an end to cannabis demand the new market in Europe is creating – at least if you are looking at where far flung growers are announcing new deals. No matter the fact that Europe is getting into the cannabis production business – from Portugal and Spain to the East,...

Cannabis Companies Invest in the UK, Expecting A Bigger European Market

Written by Anthony Johnson on June 25, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver.

More and more cannabis markets in Europe are opening up and the new, limited medicinal market in the United Kingdom has established companies investing in the UK, looking forward to the day that the medical market becomes an adult-use one. Change can sometimes happen slow and it takes a lot of hard...

The Meteoric Rise of the Mary Jane Berlin Hemp Fair and Festival

Written by Anthony Johnson on May 30, 2019. Posted in Business, Cultural, Entertainment, ICBC Berlin, Social.

We here at the International Cannabis Business Conference have experienced the dramatic rise of the cannabis community in Germany firsthand and we are not alone. One of our allies, Mary Jane Berlin, producing one of Europe’s top hemp events has also been apart of the explosion of cannabis into...

Step by Step, Switzerland Moves Closer to Legalizing Cannabis

Written by Marguerite Arnold on May 13, 2019. Posted in Uncategorized.

Just as the European market could not get any more interesting, the Swiss Federal Commission for Addiction Issues has called for cannabis to be decriminalized and the market to finally be regulated. This recommendation comes on the heels of pharmacies kicking of a lobbying effort to dispense cannabis...

Germany, Switzerland, UK, & More: Big European Cannabis News Abounds

Written by Marguerite Arnold on April 9, 2019. Posted in Business, Cultural, ICBC Zurich, Medical, Politics.

The forces currently shaping the European cannabis map are intriguing this spring and from several directions. For the latest developments in Europe and across the globe, there will be no better place learn and network with those leading the way, than at the International Cannabis Business Conference...

European Union Hemp Set to Increase THC Percentage

Written by Anthony Johnson on April 5, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Zurich, Politics.

Cannabis and hemp are obviously intertwined in reality and politically. Cannabis and hemp are the same plant, but politically and regulatorily, hemp has been classified as basically low-THC cannabis, with allowable THC percentages varying depending upon jurisdictions. In Switzerland, where the International...

Germany Is Turning Into A Fascinating Test Case For Cannabis

Written by Marguerite Arnold on February 27, 2019. Posted in Business, Medical, Politics.

While those in the Canadian cannabis market are certainly far ahead in obtaining full recreational acceptance for cannabis, and state markets in the U.S. are growing increasingly sophisticated, Germany has been and will continue to be one of the world’s most interesting cannabis markets for...

The Regulated, Yet Still Messy European CBD Market

Written by Marguerite Arnold on February 11, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Barcelona, ICBC Berlin, ICBC Zurich, Politics.

Sometimes, I honestly pity those in the CBD business. Yes, their products supposedly have now “global” or at least cross-Atlantic appeal and their market is poised to increase. Yes, they appear, on the surface, to satisfactorily “beat the man” in the United States. Now that...

2019: The European “Year of Cannabis”

Written by Marguerite Arnold on February 5, 2019. Posted in Business, Cultural, Politics.

There are clearly “banner years” for the modern age of cannabis reform that can be marked, by canna-historians, in different regions, states and countries. The turning of the century marked the beginning of constitutional protections for reasonable access to medicinal cannabis for approved...

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