Tag: cannabis

Gallup: 66% of Americans Support Legalizing Cannabis

Written by Anthony Johnson on October 22, 2018. Posted in ICBC San Francisco, Politics.

When you are in the trenches fighting for cannabis legalization, it is easy to become cynical and discouraged. We recognize that it is cruel to deprive patients a safe medicine that can benefit their...

California Counties Known for Vineyards are Turning to Cannabis

Written by Anthony Johnson on October 19, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC San Francisco.

After reports that regulated cannabis farms were emerging out of locales in Oregon and Canada known for wineries, it shouldn’t be a surprise to learn that areas known for vineyards in California...

Cannabis Company Tilray Sees Early Big Gains on Nasdaq

Written by Anthony Johnson on July 23, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Portland.

In full disclosure, when I first read that Canadian cannabis company Tilray was going public on the Nasdaq, becoming the first cannabis IPO on the U.S. Stock market and just the third such company even...

Bong and a Bock? California Craft Beer Industry Embraces Cannabis

Written by Amber Iris Langston on January 10, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC San Francisco.

I live in Portland, so I am lucky in a lot of ways. I have a cannabis dispensary just around the block, and in typical Portland fashion, there’s a small, local brewpub just across the street from...

California’s Countdown to Cannabis

Written by Amber Iris Langston on December 29, 2017. Posted in Business, Cultural, ICBC San Francisco, Politics.

It’s all happening…IT’S REALLY HAPPENING! This weekend marks the last Friday and Saturday (okay, Sunday, too you everyday smokers) when California adults will have to worry about calling...

Tulsi Gabbard Urges Medical Marijuana Research to Combat Opioid Crisis

Written by Anthony Johnson on December 13, 2017. Posted in Medical, Politics.

Just a few days after welcoming attendees to the International Cannabis Business Conference in Kauai, Hawai’i Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard continued her effort in the fight for sensible cannabis...

Canadian Cannabis Companies Now Exporting to Germany

Written by Amber Iris Langston on September 21, 2017. Posted in Business, ICBC Berlin, ICBC Vancouver.

The Land of Ideas (Germany), is getting a creative boost – legal cannabis from overseas. Canadian cannabis colossus Aurora, based in Alberta, announced their first shipment of the medicine to...

No Matter What Trump or Sessions Does, the Cannabis Community Will Thrive

Written by Anthony Johnson on July 26, 2017. Posted in ICBC Kauai.

It is an understatement to say that Attorney General Jeff Sessions is no friend to the cannabis community. Throughout his political career, Sessions has been on the wrong side of history on marijuana,...

Get Tips on Securing Capital at the ICBC in Kauai this December

Written by Amber Iris Langston on July 21, 2017. Posted in ICBC Kauai.

In the new “Green Rush”, virtually everyone is a startup. And many of tomorrow’s biggest players in the marijuana market are currently looking for the right partner who will make for...