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Canada Has Seen a 40% Increase in Cannabis Consumption

Written by Anthony Johnson on July 3, 2019. Posted in Business, Cultural, ICBC Vancouver.

Canada has clearly been a global cannabis industry leader since it first legalized medical use in 2001 a trend that has only grown as the country became the first G7 nation to regulate cannabis commerce...

Canada Finalizes Cannabis Edibles, Extracts, & Concentrates Regulations

Written by Anthony Johnson on June 17, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

Health Canada recently released its final regulations regarding the sale of cannabis-infused edibles, extracts, and concentrates, finally starting to open an expected $2.7 billion dollar business sector...

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Canadian Cannabis Infused Edibles and Products to Be a $2.7 Billion Market

Written by Anthony Johnson on June 4, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

Like a lot of places that have legalized regulated cannabis commerce, Canada has experienced some growing pains. The transition from a medical market into an adult-use one has difficult for small businesses...

Don’t Miss ICBC Zurich and Cannatrade! One Week Away!

Written by ICBC Staff on May 8, 2019. Posted in Business, Cultural, ICBC Zurich, Politics.

Big things are happening for the cannabis community in Europe and around the world, and Switzerland is no different! While the Swiss no longer enjoy “grey market” cannabis sales they...

CBC: Canadian Cannabis Shortage Looms, You Might Still Need Your Dealer

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

There are many reasons why people support cannabis legalization. For longtime Drug War reformers, keeping nonviolent from unjust and harmful arrests and prison terms top the list. For those that don’t...

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Expects Cannabis Sales to Rival Wine

Written by Anthony Johnson on May 9, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver.

When a state or nation is contemplating legalizing cannabis, revenue projections vary. In the United States, most government projections have underestimated cannabis sales as it is hard to accurately...

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...

Cannabis Packaging Rules Proposed by Health Canada

Written by Amber Iris Langston on March 20, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Berlin, ICBC Vancouver.

The Canadian government has released a new set of temporary regulations following public input, which is meant to guide LPs (licensed producers) with their preparations for legal sales of cannabis,...