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Daily regulatory updates of legal changes in the cannabis sector, including monthly compilations
3rd October 2023
Lithuania: According to Kęstutis Budris, chief adviser on national security to president Gitanas Nausėda, the president is sceptical about the proposal to decriminalise a small amount of cannabis, media reports. Since last year, the amendment to the Code of Administrative Offences and the amendment to the Criminal Code seeking to decriminalise the possession of small amounts of cannabis have been stuck in the Seimas (parliament).24th July 2023
- Lithuania: The State Consumer Rights Protection Service (VVTAT) has imposed fines on several companies selling CBD products for misleading advertising on websites and social networks, media reports. VVTAT decisions can be appealed to the Vilnius District Administrative Court within 30 calendar days. The VVTAT reminded companies that CBD products cannot be advertised as having properties they do not have or cannot have according to their intended purpose.
7th June 2023
Lithuania: The Central Election Commission has refused to register a civic initiative calling for a referendum to reject cannabis decriminalisation bills that are stuck in the Seimas (parliament), media reports.
6th June 2023
Lithuania: The Central Election Commission has received public appeals for a referendum on the issue of cannabis decriminalisation, media reports.
24th May 2023
Lithuania: The Seimas (parliament) has approved the government’s 12-year agenda on drug, tobacco and alcohol control, which aims to reduce supply and consumption, media reports. The document recommends that controls should be prepared and implemented at municipal level with the aim of reducing use of psychoactive substances and their supposed “precursors”.
12th May 2023
- Lithuania: This week, the Rural Affairs Committee of the Seimas (parliament) decided that the legislation regulating the industrial hemp sector should be improved, media reports. The committee adopted a protocol resolution suggesting that the Ministry of Agriculture, Health Protection and Economy and Innovation, together with other institutions and representatives from the sector, discuss and prepare draft legal acts that would tackle the gaps in the industrial hemp bylaws, since they possess a lack of legal clarity.
11th May 2023
Lithuania: The Department of Drug, Tobacco and Alcohol Control (NTAKD) supports an initiative to decriminalise the possession of small amounts of cannabis, media reports. The Seimas (parliament) decided last month that the necessary amendments to the Code of Administrative Offences and the Criminal Code would be considered again.
26th April 2023
Lithuania: The Seimas (parliament) is to reconsider decriminalising possession of small quantities of cannabis. Members yesterday accepted the Ethics and Procedures Committee’s view that parliamentary rules had been broken when proposed amendments to the Criminal Code and the Code of Administrative Offences were voted down in December, media reports.
25th April 2023
Lithuania: A bid to decriminalise possession of small quantities of cannabis was removed from the parliamentary agenda today, with procedural issues to be resolved before the bill can be considered further, media reports. If the measure is adopted, administrative fines for possession are expected to replace criminal liability, in line with an amendment to the Code of Administrative Offences.
27th March 2023
- Lithuania: The Department of Drug, Tobacco and Alcohol Control has issued a reminder that from 1st April 2023, under order no. V-1815/3D-771, THC will be completely prohibited in tobacco products, including innovative tobacco products, e-cigarettes and their refills (with and without nicotine) and herbal products for smoking, press reports. The order also establishes the maximum amount of THC in fibre hemp products intended for end consumption.
9th March 2023
- Lithuania: The parliamentary Law and Order Committee approved yesterday the amendment to the Criminal Code with regard to decriminalising possession of small quantities of cannabis, media reports. Administrative fines for possession are expected to replace criminal liability, but a bid to remove it from the Criminal Code failed to get enough votes in the Seimas (parliament) in December. The committee chairman Stasios Šedbaras said that it was necessary for both amendments, including the amendment to the Code of Administrative Offences, to catch up with each other. When the issue returns to the Plenary Chamber, the Seimas will decide on the next legislative steps.
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