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28th November 2023
Brazil: The Participatory Legislation Commission of the Chamber of Deputies – a committee that receives proposals from associations and organised civil society, with the exception of political parties – will hold a public hearing tomorrow (29th November) to discuss the regulation of medical cannabis and hemp cultivation. A proposal to legalise medical and industrial cannabis has been pending in the Chamber of Deputies since 2021.23rd November 2023
- Colombia: Bill 001/2023C amending the Constitution to legalise cannabis was approved yesterday (22nd November) on its third vote in the Senate. The bill, which was approved by 15 votes in the first commission of the Senate, must go through five further debates in order to be passed. The next debate will take place at the Senate plenary.
17th November 2023
- Brazil: Senator Mara Gabrilli from the governing Social Democratic Party, which has the most seats in the Senate, has introduced a bill to legalise the cultivation, production, import, export, sale, control, dispensing and use of cannabis products for medicinal purposes – for both human and veterinary use. The proposed legislation would also apply to industrial hemp and its products. It is still uncertain whether the bill will have enough support to be passed. Other bills on similar topics are being analysed by the Senate.
31st October 2023
- Paraguay: Member of parliament Alejandro Aguilera, from the ruling party National Republican Association, has submitted a bill to the parliament seeking to further develop the conditions of the import, production, storage, distribution and sale of hemp-derived products and extracts. The bill would consolidate a framework that is already in place, which is currently quite fragmented and unclear.
23rd October 2023
- Brazil: Tomorrow (24th October), the National Integration and Regional Development Committee of the Chamber of Deputies will discuss the production chain of cannabis for medical purposes as a way to diversify the income of farming families. The debate was proposed by a deputy from the governing Labour Party (PTB). A proposal to legalise medical and industrial cannabis has been pending in the Chamber of Deputies since 2021.
11th October 2023
- Colombia: The Chamber of Representatives has approved, on its second vote, bill 001/2023C amending the Constitution to legalise recreational cannabis. The bill was approved with 85 votes in favour and 38 against. The bill has to go through six further debates in order to be passed. The next debate will take place at the Senate.
5th October 2023
- Colombia: The discussion and vote of bill 001/2023C, which amends the constitution to legalise recreational cannabis, has been postponed amid a possible lack of consensus in the Chamber of Representatives, press reports. Today, the Chamber of Representatives was meant to discuss and vote on the bill, as well as discuss the report from the health sub-commission. The leader of the Colombian Conservative Party, Luis López, proposed to postpone its debate until a specific commission on cannabis has been created, while Carlos Ardilla from the Liberal Party said that the bill must be processed as soon as possible. The members of the Chamber initially voted against López's proposal to postpone the debate of the bill, but due to an insufficient number of members in the Chamber, the parliamentary session has been postponed until next Monday (9th October).
18th September 2023
- Guyana: In a recent interview with the press, minister of agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha said that Guyana will begin trial cultivation of hemp in early 2024, which will mark the first growing season since hemp was legalised with its regulation in August 2022.
7th September 2023
- Argentina: The government has approved the inclusion of hemp seeds and their derivatives in the Food Code, press reports. The inclusion allows the sale of these products as food products.
6th September 2023
- Argentina: The president of the Regulatory Agency for the Hemp and Medicinal Cannabis Industry (Ariccame) has sent a formal letter to the president of the National Food Commission requesting the inclusion of all hemp derivatives in the list of permitted food products, press reports. In July 2023, the National Food Commission opened for public consultation a draft decree to include hemp seeds and their derivatives in the Food Act, though derivatives from other parts of the plant were excluded from the scope of the draft decree.
5th September 2023
- Suriname: The National Assembly approved the Industrial Hemp Cultivation Act on 1st September, allowing the cultivation of industrial hemp with a maximum THC content of 1%. Hemp cultivation in Suriname will be supervised and checked by the National Institute for Industrial Hemp Cultivation. The Dutch-speaking republic of Suriname is the smallest sovereign state in South America, with a population of about 600,000.
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