The emerging legal cannabis industry is more exciting now than at any other point in human history. More jurisdictions permit cannabis production and commerce for medical or recreational purposes than ever before, and the therapy and product options for patients and consumers in legal jurisdictions are abundant.
Adding to the excitement of the medical and adult-use sectors is the personal cannabis freedoms that are being afforded to people in many regions of the world. Legal home cultivation and private use are becoming more common in many countries. Furthermore, technology is being harnessed in ways never seen before, particularly technology focused on consumption and cultivation.
From Prohibition to International Collaboration
For many years, cannabis activity was completely prohibited across the globe. Then, slowly but surely, policies began to modernize. Political stigma is subsiding at a growing rate, and that, in turn, is yielding more collaboration between national and regional governments. Every continent is now witnessing some level of medical cannabis imports and exports. The industry has truly gone international.
Learning and networking are more important than ever in the emerging industry and all of the subsectors and facets that go into it. Activists, entrepreneurs, investors, industry service providers, regulators, and lawmakers all need to come together to keep driving the momentum forward and ensure that all of the important sub-cannabis communities are represented at the metaphorical international cannabis table.
Why ICBC Berlin Matters Now
The current climate for global cannabis is why the upcoming International Cannabis Business Conference in Berlin is so important and timely. The conference serves as the most diversely representative cannabis industry gathering, with representatives from over 80 countries and every major industry sector expected to be in attendance. The international cannabis industry and community are at a very pivotal juncture in time, and the International Cannabis Business Conference in Berlin is where global leaders will share their ideas and experiences to help make sure that the worldwide cannabis revolution hits warp speed.
Europe’s Legalization Momentum Accelerates
This year’s International Cannabis Business Conference is the tenth installment of the Berlin event, and is occurring during a time of historic cannabis policy change in both Germany and throughout the European continent. Most of Europe’s countries currently have operating legal medical cannabis industries, and there are now four countries in Europe that have adopted national adult-use legalization measures. As of the start of this year, adults in Czechia can cultivate and possess personal amounts of cannabis, placing the Czech Republic alongside Malta, Luxembourg, and Germany on the list of legalized European nations.
Beyond Europe, many other markets are expanding their already existing legal industries, a
