Tag: United Kingdom

The United Kingdom Can Legalize Cannabis To Help Address Institutional Racism

Written by Johnny Green on August 4, 2020. Posted in Politics.

Cannabis prohibition is a failed public policy no matter where it exists. It is often a form of institutional racism as well, which is often demonstrated in arrest statistics. For instance, in the United...

The UK’s Medical Cannabis Program Is Clearly Insufficient

Written by Johnny Green on July 7, 2020. Posted in Medical.

When it comes to medical cannabis reform, the United Kingdom has been behind the curve. Whereas a number of other countries have legalized cannabis for medical use in a comprehensive way, and two countries...

UK’s Justice Secretary: Cannabis Will Not Be Legalized Anytime Soon

Written by Johnny Green on January 20, 2020. Posted in Politics.

Cannabis prohibition is a failed public policy, no matter where it exists, including in the United Kingdom. Cannabis has been found to be 114 times safer than alcohol, however, people in the United...

ICBC is one of the top cannabis events in the world, according to Entrepreneur Magazine

Written by Randy Smith on August 13, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

ICBC is one of the top cannabis events in the world, according to Entrepreneur Magazine Green Entrepreneur, the cannabis-focused division of Entrepreneur Magazine, has named the International...

UK MPs Expect to Legalize Cannabis Within the Next 5 to 15 Years

Written by Anthony Johnson on July 29, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

Three United Kingdom Members of Parliament, representing the Conservative, Labour, and Liberal Democrat parties all recently traveled to Canada on a fact-finding trip organized by the harm reduction...

Serious Cannabis Legalization Efforts Kick Off in the United Kingdom

Written by Marguerite Arnold on July 9, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

The British press has picked up coverage of the cannabis industry lately, noticing that two special interest groups, with funding including from Canadian cannabis companies, could start making serious...

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...

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...

A Green Wave in the UK? Medical Cannabis Could Start a Legalization Revolution

Written by Marguerite Arnold on November 6, 2018. Posted in Medical, Politics.

It may not be the most famous “Battle of Britain,” (yet) but unlike the last one, a green invasion has certainly taken hold in the UK and is here to stay. As of November 1, cannabis as medicine...