Tag: Germany

Patients Are Powering the European Cannabis Industry

Written by Marguerite Arnold on July 23, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver, Medical, Politics.

It is a truism in the room that the cannabis industry, globally, and in each region of the world it springs forth in, is driven first by the medical side of the business. No matter how much excitement...

Step by Step, Switzerland Moves Closer to Legalizing Cannabis

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

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....

European Medical Cannabis Sales Doubled from 2017 to 2018

Written by Anthony Johnson on April 16, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Barcelona, ICBC Berlin, ICBC Zurich, Medical, Politics.

Unless you are living under a rock, you know that cannabis legalization, for both medical and adult use purposes, is moving forward nation-by-nation across Europe and around the world. European medicinal...

Die Welt, One of Germany’s Most Influential Newspapers, Touts the ICBC

Written by Anthony Johnson on April 15, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Berlin, ICBC Zurich.

Germany’s medical cannabis program has grown by leaps and bounds and you don’t have to be too knowledgeable about Europe to know the influence that the German economy has on the...

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...

German Cultivation Bids Reverberate Across the Global Cannabis Industry

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

The day after the third annual International Cannabis Business Conference (ICBC) in Berlin, as the crew packed up and headed on to Zurich, news about the German cultivation bid surfaced in the domestic...

United Kingdom Opens First Medical Cannabis Treatment Clinics

Written by Marguerite Arnold on March 22, 2019. Posted in Cultural, ICBC Berlin, ICBC Zurich, Medical, Politics.

The first week of March this year was significant for British cannabis patients for one very big reason: the first medical cannabis clinic in the country opened in Manchester. Firsts are very important...

German-Dutch Cannabis Experiment Grows More Interesting

Written by Marguerite Arnold on March 13, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Barcelona, ICBC Berlin, ICBC Zurich, Politics.

Those who know anything about the history of the Dutch cannabis industry, know it is a vertical that has flourished in the grey areas and the loopholes of the law since its “modern” launch...

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...