Congratulations, California!
Yesterday ushered in a new era for cannabis with the world’s sixth-largest economy (California) coming online with legal, adult-use...
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...
Some Highlights (and Lowlights) of California’s Legalization Law
LA Magazine did a decent job this week of capturing a wide swath of categories related to upcoming changes in California’s laws to...
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 and...
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 1st...
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...
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...
Water Quality Oversight Comes to California’s Cannabis Market
On Tuesday, California’s State Water Board announced a strict new water policy for the Golden State’s exploding cannabis...
California Cannabis Advisory Committee Announced
The California Department of Consumer Affairs announced appointments to a new committee created under the Bureau of Cannabis Control. The...
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...
Study Shows Danger of Heating Butane Hash Oil Over 750 Degrees
Concentrates, extractions, infusions – call them what you will – many entrepreneurs in the cannabis space are hedging their...
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 –...
Will California Cannabis Regulations Be Too Burdensome?
The world is watching as California comes into the main fold this next year with a full adult legalization policy. The enormity of the...
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...
Rock Cultural Icon Henry Rollins Shares His Perspective at the ICBC
The International Cannabis Business Conference (ICBC) strives to provide the latest pertinent information on cannabis laws and our event...
The ICBC Combines Cannabis Politics, Business and Culture
As a veteran of many cannabis conferences over the last 15-plus years, I can honestly state that the International Cannabis Business...
Cost of Cannabis Compliance Includes Environmental Oversight
When a new business comes to town, there are often local incentives to bring in the new industry when it promises jobs and revenue to the...
Don’t Miss Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom at ICBC VIP Reception
In a state widely touted as the sixth largest economy in the world and the global leader of entertainment, politics is a gritty affair...
Meet Amber Morris, Chief of California Cannabis Licensing, at the ICBC
In just ten days, California is gearing up for one of the most exciting cannabis affairs in history – the International Cannabis...
Book Your Hilton Hotel for the San Francisco ICBC Before Rates Go Up!
Now that California has legalized marijuana and regulated cannabis commerce is on the horizon, the International Cannabis Business...
ICBC Early Bird Ticket Prices End at Midnight!
As recreational cannabis begins to come online before the start of the new year, the State of California is about to enter new...
Early Bird Ending! Ticket Prices Go Up Wednesday at Midnight!
The time has come again for the event of the season – The International Cannabis Business Conference (ICBC) is San Francisco is...
Some California Cannabis Retailers Are Already Selling Recreationally
Legalization of cannabis is one thing, but regulation is another.
Since the passage of Prop 64 in California this past election,...
California Marijuana Czar Lori Ajax to Speak at the ICBC in San Francisco
The California cannabis industry will be undergoing a huge overhaul as the state develops and implements new regulations for the...
California Bill Would Protect Cannabis Businesses’ Trademarks
One of the most onerous tasks associated with immersing into the new cannabis market is the frustrating inability to trademark and brand...
Over $53 Billion Spent on Cannabis in North America Last Year!
According to a report just released from Arcview Market Research, legal cannabis sales are slowly siphoning the product – and the...
Cannabis Safe Payment Act Could Aid California Tax Collections
One of the biggest problems in the cannabis industry both old and new, is the issue of money. By that, I mean dealing with large amounts...
NBA Champion John Salley to Speak at the ICBC!
Sports are huge in America, not only business-wise, but culturally. Sports were racially desegregated in America before the rest of our...
When Will California Cannabis Regulations Be Implemented?
Legal cannabis for adult recreational use has finally come to the State of California. But that doesn’t mean non-patients can...
California Cannabis Market Bigger Than Next Five Commodities Combined
A new figure has been making the rounds that has ganjapreneurs and cannabis investors on the west coast sitting up in their seat. The...
How Will California Cannabis Businesses Deal With Banking?
As anyone involved in the US cannabis industry is well-aware, dealing with banks is probably the biggest source of headaches in this...
Henry Rollins to Keynote the ICBC in San Francisco
The upcoming International Cannabis Business Conference (ICBC) in San Francisco, will once again display revolutionary,...
ICBC: The Ultimate One-Day California Cannabis Crash Course
Normally, the International Cannabis Business Conference (ICBC) is a two-day affair, but for the first time ever, the ICBC in San...
After Legalization, Will Hollywood Really turn into Hollyweed?
When Angelenos woke up on New Year’s Day 2017 this Sunday, they were greeted with a slight alteration of a major symbol of their...
Will a California City Replace Denver as the Cannabis Capital?
Following Colorado’s brave leap into adult legalization in 2012, there is general agreement that Denver currently sits as the...
California’s Ever-Changing Rules Make Business Planning Volatile
Business and cannabis experts agree, California is positioned to be the dominant world market for legal marijuana following the passage...
California, and All Cannabis States, Must Fight for Employee Rights
The California Chamber of Commerce’s opposition to Proposition 19, the Golden State’s 2010 legalization attempt, sent a...
Donald Trump Can’t Stop the Cannabis Industry in California (or Anywhere)
If there are two things president-elect Donald Trump loves more than anything else, it’s fame and money. Trump’s...
California Cannabis to Bring a Billion Dollars to Local Governments
In a complete political reversal from the last several decades of fighting the War on Marijuana, eight states and the District of...
California Cannabis Entrepreneurship Set to Take Off
The passage of Proposition 64 in California this election cycle has finally opened the floodgates for potential investors to enter the...