California Officials Respond to Jeff Sessions
If you are in the cannabis industry, you probably heard the news yesterday which sent waves of fear and confusion throughout the country...
Cannabis Commerce in California Means Regulatory Compliance
The early lines at newly-licensed California cannabis retail outlets are just a preview of the vast economic opportunities available in...
Cannabis Czar Lori Ajax Interviewed Ahead of the ICBC in San Francisco
Unless you have been hiding under a rock, you know that California just legalized cannabis commerce this year. California’s...
Congratulations, California!
Yesterday ushered in a new era for cannabis with the world’s sixth-largest economy (California) coming online with legal,...
California’s Countdown to Cannabis
It’s all happening…IT’S REALLY HAPPENING!
This weekend marks the last Friday and Saturday (okay, Sunday, too you...
California Cops and Cannabis Shenanigans, Big Changes Are Coming
Led by Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), many people in law enforcement have rightfully cheered the changes in cannabis...
SFGate Interviews ICBC Speaker Lori Ajax, California Cannabis Czar
Just before California is about to officially legalize marijuana on January 1st, and ahead of her 2nd appearance at the International...
Unions Battle for a Place at the Cannabis Table in California
The tension between employers and employees is an age-old problem, and the advantage of one group over the other seems to swing like a...
Californians Will Soon Take a Closer Look at Pesticides on Cannabis
In California, cannabis consumers are about to get a strong dose of cannabis legalization.
As the state moves into the new adult-use...
January 1st, 2018 – California Cannabis Enters the Future
January 1st, 2018.
It’s the date on everyone’s mind in the cannabis world. It’s the date recreational sales become...
Entrepreneur Magazine Covers ICBC Kauai
The International Cannabis Business Conference (ICBC), since its very first event in September of 2014 in Portland, Oregon, has grown...
California Launches Online Portal for Cannabis Businesses
Alex Padilla, the Secretary of State of California, just made an important announcement in advance of the closely-approaching January...
Californians Must Continue to Fight for Sensible Cannabis Policies
Cannabis entrepreneurs and other invested everywhere in California are scrambling to meet the emergency regulations recently released by...
ICBC Kauai Was One for the Ages, onto San Francisco and Berlin and…
Yesterday’s Kauai Cannabis Classic golf tournament, sponsored by Leafly and Cannafornia, capped off a truly amazing International...
Canadian Cannabis Legalization Clears Major Hurdle, ICBC Will Have the Latest
The lower house of the Canadian Parliament passed a bill earlier this week which constitutes a major step forward in the advancement of...
ICBC Hawaiian Cannabis Destination Event Starts in One a Week!
If you are in the cannabis industry, or thinking of joining, treat yourself this Black Friday (and save $200!) by getting tickets to the...
Cannafornia’s Paul King on Cannabis Cultivation, DJ Muggs & More
Paul King decided to “go big or go home,” when he started his cannabis cultivation business in California, and he indeed...
Disrupting the Industry: Merry Jane Covers ICBC Organizers
Anyone that has attended marijuana conferences, along with the International Cannabis Business Conference knows that the ICBC is...
California Announces Cannabis Rules
California’s cannabis legalization law is set to go into effect beginning January 1, 2018. Suffice to say, a lot of people are...
Over Half of Hawaii’s Unregulated Cannabis Tainted
In wake of the rollout for Hawaii’s revised medical cannabis program, lab testing facilities in the state have been working hard...
Ticket Prices Increase at Midnight for Oregon Marijuana Business Conference
The marijuana business in Oregon is going through rapid changes, including a December 1st deadline where all growers must declare...
Big Alcohol Invests in Cannabis Company Canopy Growth
It’s official.
Big business is moving in on the legalization market. Cannabis conspiracy theorists across the nation are...
Hawaii Officials Give Approval to Its Second Cannabis Lab
Pharmlab Hawaii, LLC, passed final inspections this week from the Hawaii Deportment of Health (DOH), giving the private laboratory...
Will the Canadian Cannabis Market Be Bigger Than Previously Thought?
New information last week from GMP Securities, an independent investment dealer based in Toronto, is leading analysts in Canada to...
Oregon Cannabis Legalization Disburses $85 for State Services
Schools, police, public health and safety officials and local government administrators in Oregon are all smiling big this week.
Noelle...
Social Media Companies Love and Hate the Cannabis Community
To say that cannabis entrepreneurs face unique changes in the marketplace could be an understatement. (It definitely is an...
New York Mayoral Candidate Supports Economic Justice and Legalization
I didn’t know what to expect when interviewing New York City mayoral candidate Mike Tolkin. Some third-party candidates can be...
Landmark Cannabis Intellectual Property Case Settled
Beginning in December, getting high on Gorilla Glue is going to be a really terrible idea.
This week, The Gorilla Glue Co. and GG...
California Cannabis Advisory Committee Announced
The California Department of Consumer Affairs announced appointments to a new committee created under the Bureau of Cannabis Control....
Regulatory Hurdles Hurting Canadian Cannabis Oil Market
Onerous regulations appear to be negatively impacting the cannabis business growth in Canada.
Specifically, current organizational...
California Insurance Commissioner Announces Major Commercial Carrier to Cover Cannabis
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones takes his job very seriously. Purportedly, he is one of only two persons at the state...
Canadian Courts Could Strike Down Cannabis Monopolies
Jodie Giesz-Ramsay, known to many as Jodie Emery, co-owner of Cannabis Culture magazine and its associated businesses based in...
California Cannabis Czar Lays Out Initial Application Guidelines
Lori Ajax, head of the California Bureau of Cannabis Control – also known as “The Marijuana Czar” of California...
Two Hawaiian Medical Cannabis Dispensaries Generate Over $426,000
Maui Grown Therapies and Oahu’s Aloha Green Apothecary are the only two medical cannabis dispensaries legally operating under...
Canadian Cannabis Companies Now Exporting to Germany
The Land of Ideas (Germany), is getting a creative boost – legal cannabis from overseas.
Canadian cannabis colossus Aurora, based...
Washington State Cannabis Consumers Seeing Lower Prices
I guess what they say is true…in the marketplace, supply and demand are related! Who knew?
Well, pretty much everyone knew. And...
California Legislators Defeat Ban on Cannabis Advertising
Last week I reported the California legislature was meeting in special session, and that one of the measures moving forward included a...
California May Unreasonably Restrict Cannabis Branding
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” – Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare
While Shakespeare’s...
International Cannabis Treaties Stifling Legalization in Uruguay
The long arm of the law stretches far and wide.
Reports out of Uruguay this past week state that the Latin American country, the...
Lagunitas Combining Cannabis Extracts and Hops
Cannabis and alcohol have an interesting relationship in American society. Both of the substances have been prohibited by the federal...
Investors Are Wisely Looking Towards Europe
Forward-thinking American business investors have had their eyes on the cannabis market for a few years now, looking critically at...
Vancouver Sun Profiles the International Cannabis Business Conference
After selling out events in Oregon and California, two of the states leading the United States towards ending cannabis prohibition, the...