Tag: Ron Wyden

United States Congress Putting Pressure on the FDA to Regulate Cannabis

Written by Anthony Johnson on July 8, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

Last year’s federal farm bill was a landmark achievement that legalized cannabidiol (CBD) derived from hemp, setting in motion the first Food and Drug Administration hearing on “products...

The Netherlands, Canada, & Israel Export Cannabis, Is Oregon Next?

Written by Anthony Johnson on February 14, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Barcelona, ICBC Berlin, ICBC Zurich, Politics.

The Netherlands and Canada have been dominating the international cannabis export market, with its companies sending marijuana to lucrative burgeoning markets like Germany. Israel, wisely, just voted...

U.S. Senate Votes to Legalize Hemp! Onto the House & Trump!

Written by Anthony Johnson on December 12, 2018. Posted in Cultural, Politics.

There are many ridiculous aspects of federal cannabis prohibition, but none more asinine than the illegality of industrial hemp. Hemp has played a crucial part in the history of the United States as...

Join Actor, Musician, Cannabis Activist & Belushi’s Farm Founder Jim Belushi at the ICBC

Written by Anthony Johnson on September 24, 2018. Posted in Business, Cultural, ICBC Portland, Politics.

When word first got out that Jim Belushi was involved with the burgeoning cannabis industry, many may have thought that he was just the latest celebrity hoping to cash in, that maybe he would just slap...

U.S. Farmers, Especially in Oregon and Kentucky, Look to Hemp

Written by Anthony Johnson on June 29, 2018. Posted in Business, Cultural, ICBC Portland, Politics.

Cannabis gets most of the headlines, whether it is Canada ending prohibition, or GW Pharmaceuticals getting FDA approval for Epidiolex, medical use passing in the (very) conservative state of Oklahoma,...