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12th June 2024 - United Kingdom |
UK: The Liberal Democrats party, which held 15 seats in the House of Commons (lower chamber of the parliament) before the dissolution of
2nd May 2024 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The Food Safety Agency (FSA) Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes, an independent expert committee actively advising the FSA on matters pertaining
10th April 2024 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: An animal tranquilliser, xylazine, has been found in cannabis vapes in the UK, according to a study widely reported in the British
14th February 2024 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld complaints against individuals who tweeted about Supreme CBD gummies. Tweets from two people, including the
5th February 2024 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP) – an independent body of scientific experts that advises the Food Standards Agency
9th January 2024 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The Association for the Cannabinoid Industry (ACI) has called on the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and the Home Office to resolve the
24th October 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Today (24th October), the government announced that it accepts the advice on CBD consumer products from the Advisory Council on the Misuse
13th October 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Yesterday (12th October), the Food Standards Agency (FSA) issued new precautionary advice on edible CBD, which it says should be limited to
29th August 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The Association for the Cannabinoid Industry (ACI) has launched the SaveOurCBD campaign, calling on the Home Office to put in place a legal
20th July 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The Court of Appeal in London has rejected an appeal by the prosecution against the 2020 acquittal in Ipswich Crown Court of
4th July 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: A Home Office spokesperson has told media: “We want to provide greater clarity for responsible suppliers by introducing defined permitted limits on the
4th July 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Asked whether the government would consider passing hemp licensing over to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and making the
15th June 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: A prescription for cannabis flower (from Zerenia Clinics UK) has been reimbursed by the National Health Service (NHS) for the first time.
16th May 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The House of Commons is to debate psilocybin access rights on Thursday (18th May). The Conservative Drug Policy Reform Group, the Royal College
26th April 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: CBD company Legacy 369 must stop using ads with medicinal claims for unlicensed CBD products, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled today. An
25th April 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: During a parliamentary debate on medical cannabis, Will Quince, minister for health and secondary care, said he understood the government intended to respond to the
20th April 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Conservative MP David Mundell told the Scottish Herald newspaper that the cannabis industry has huge economic potential but faces a lot of regulatory
23rd March 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Scottish National Party (SNP) MP Ronnie Cowan has again raised in Parliament the issue of industrial hemp, saying: “The industry is telling me that it can
17th March 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: In yesterday's debate, MP Ronnie Cowan suggested the government should encourage local farmers to grow hemp and facilitate cultivation licensing. "A £60 million
2nd March 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has given notice through the Interactive Drug Analysis Profile, which provides an overview of spontaneous suspected adverse
17th February 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The CBD Flower Shop is in the process of challenging the HMRC VAT assessment of £430,473.36 based on the view that its
6th February 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
27th January 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: In answer to an MP's question, the minister of state in the Home Office Chris Philp said that no specific assessment has been
19th December 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Last week, the minister for crime, policing and fire responded to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD)'s research on the
28th November 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued clarifications of the rules regulating the manufacturing of cannabis-based medicinal products. Among
3rd November 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Yesterday (2nd November) Steve Brine was newly elected as chair of the Health and Social Care Committee. Brine was a junior minister
27th October 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) issued a ruling yesterday ordering the removal of advertorials promoting Blessed CBD in the media. The ASA upheld several
13th October 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The government has no plans to change the scheduling of cannabis, following reports that home secretary Suella Braverman was considering making it
28th September 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Hemp Today said today that the Food Standards Agency (FSA) had rejected a Freedom of Information request concerning companies whose products are under CBD safety
UK - Scotland: The Scottish Medicines Consortium announced yesterday that Sativex was accepted for use within NHSScotland as treatment for relieving symptoms in adults with multiple sclerosis
26th August 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Love Hemp Group Plc was fined by the UK-based Aquis Stock Exchange (AQSE) with £100,000, but due to an early settlement, the
28th July 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for CBD products yesterday presented its recommendations for regulation of the industry. The group called on the govenment to
18th July 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The government has opened a consultation, open until 10th October, on a proposed new policy on adult drug use. Possible changes involve changing the
1st July 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Asked what assessment she has made of the potential merits of developing and simplifying hemp production, Victoria Prentis, minister of state for
1st July 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: A review of UK cannabis policy chaired by Christopher Hodges has been published. Among others, the report recommends establishing a single authority
UK: The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has updated the public list of CBD products that can be marketed in England and Wales
16th June 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: There was conflicting evidence from the police given to yesterday’s meeting of the Home Affairs Committee on policing of drugs. David Sidwick, police and
15th June 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: In response to a question by MP Michael Fabricant about how the prescribing of medical cannabis might be eased, especially for children, junior health
UK - Scotland: Asked about its approach to enforcement of novel food rules, Food Standards Scotland (FSS) told CBD-Intel that any businesses currently
12th May 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: London mayor Sadiq Khan has established the London Drugs Commission, which will study the decriminalisation of cannabis and be chaired by a
27th April 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Today, the Food Standards Agency has updated its CBD public list, which now includes 5,981 products.
27th April 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Cellular Goods has suspended sales of its ingestibles range with immediate effect following intervention from Trading Standards authorities. Its CBD products were
22nd April 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Yesterday, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) issued a final call for evidence linking products to applications on the public list. Businesses have
21st April 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The Home Office has stated in written evidence to a parliamentary inquiry into drug policy that the government is keen to reduce barriers to access
19th April 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Explaining why a Cellular Goods product was left off the list of marketable CBD products despite using a white label product from Pureis, whose
12th April 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Westminster City Council and the Metropolitan Police have seized 23 products containing cannabis from a souvenir shop in London’s Oxford Street, press reports.
8th April 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: A plastic packaging tax that applies, among other things, to plastic protective film around a box, has entered into effect. A tax rate
31st March 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The Food Standards Agency has published a public list of CBD products that will be allowed to remain on sale in the
22nd March 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The Centre for Medicinal Cannabis, the Association for the Cannabinoid Industry and First November Group have launched a review of regulation and public policy
