Thailand: Amid industry backlash, the draft bill to ban recreational cannabis use has been delayed to seek opinions from other parties, press reports. The bill
US - Virginia: Both chambers of the state legislature have agreed in principle to legislation that would allow retail sales of recreational cannabis beginning in 2025,
US - Rhode Island: The Department of Business Regulation has proposed amendments to the state's hemp regulations. Among other changes, the proposed rules would explicitly include
US - Delaware: Delaware marijuana commissioner Robert Coupe says that the expected date of the issuance of recreational cannabis retail licences will be March
US - Washington: House Bill (HB) 1249 has been passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. HB 1249 would amend the permissible
US - Washington: House Bill (HB) 2320 has been passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. HB 2320 would require dispensaries to
Czech Republic: Last week, the minister of health announced that the government would temporarily include hexahydrocannabinol (HHC), hexahydrocannabinol-O-acetate (HHC-acetate, HHC-O) and tetrahydrocannabiforol (THCP)
Australia: The state of New South Wales (NSW) has announced the establishment of a Hemp Industry Taskforce. This task force, which will include 12
Philippines: Two House of Representatives committees, the Committee on Dangerous Drugs and the Committee on Health, have jointly approved a bill that would allow
US - Pennsylvania: Democratic governor Josh Shapiro is calling for the legalisation of recreational cannabis in the state as a way to boost tax
US - South Carolina: Local law enforcement in the cities of Columbia and Greenville are cracking down on hemp products containing THC, causing some
Thailand: Public health minister Cholnan Srikaew says that a new version of a bill to ban recreational use of cannabis will be presented
EU: The European Commission (EC) has registered a European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) titled "European Cannabis Initiative". The initiative calls on the EC to
US - New Mexico: Senate Bill (SB) 6 has been passed by the Senate and now moves to the House. SB 6 would make several minor
Uruguay: The Institute of Regulation and Control of Cannabis (IRCCA) has updated the prices of cannabis varieties dispensed at pharmacies. From 1st February, the
Portugal: The General Directorate of Food and Veterinary Medicine (DGAV) has issued a technical note on hemp feed. The note explains that only hemp
Czech Republic: The second reading of the proposal to regulate hemp extracts with a THC content of up to 1% and hexahydrocannabinol (HHC), among other
UK: The Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP) – an independent body of scientific experts that advises the Food Standards Agency
Germany: Following concerns raised by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) about the Cannabis Bill, the governing coalition parties – SPD, Greens and the
South Korea: Yesterday (31st January) the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety decided to temporarily classify synthetic cannabinoids hexahydrocannabivarin (HHCV), hexahydrocannabutol (HHCB) and
Mexico: The Federal Commission for the Protection against Health Risks (Cofepris) has denied that it granted a permit to farmers who claim to
US - South Dakota: House Bill (HB) 1125 has been passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. HB 1125 would prohibit "chemically derived
US - Indiana: House Bill (HB) 1079 has been passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. HB 1079 would make several amendments
US - Texas: Texas attorney general Ken Paxton is suing five municipalities who have passed ordinances to not enforce Texas law as it
Panama: After granting seven licences for the production of medical cannabis, the Ministry of Health has suspended the granting process by accepting the
Ukraine: First deputy minister of agrarian policy and food, Taras Vysotskyi, has said that the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food has started
South Africa: The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has responded to several comments from industry members on the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill, which allows
Malta: Yesterday (30th January), the Authority for the Responsible Use of Cannabis (ARUC) issued a statement announcing that Malta's first cannabis harm-reduction association is
Czech Republic: At a seminar titled "Free sale of medical cannabis in the Czech Republic: Utopia or a real possibility?", the head of
US - Oregon: A lawsuit filed in 2022 that challenged an Oregon law prohibiting shipping cannabis across state lines has been dismissed, press reports. The
Spain: On 26th January, the minister of health, Mónica García, announced in the Chamber of Deputies (lower chamber of parliament) that the bill
Italy: The Regional Administrative Tribunal (TAR) has again extended the suspension of the decree that places “the compositions for oral administration of cannabidiol
Spain: Today, minister of health Mónica García will explain at the Chamber of Deputies (lower chamber of parliament) her plans in relation to the
US - California: The Senate has failed to override a veto of Senate Bill (SB) 58, thus causing the bill to fail. SB 58 was vetoed
US - Delaware: The House has passed House Bill (HB) 285, which now heads to the Senate. HB 285 would significantly expand access to medical cannabis
Israel: The Medical Cannabis Unit has published a proposed amendment to the procedure for obtaining the Medical Cannabis Good Agricultural Practices (IMC-GAP) and Good Security Practices (IMC-GSP) certificates. The
Czech Republic: The National Economic Council (NERV), an independent advisory body to the government, has again recommended introducing a regulated cannabis market in
Canada: Health Canada has updated the list of industrial hemp varieties approved for commercial production in 2024. The 2024 list includes the addition of the
US - Federal: The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA), an association that includes state agricultural regulators from all 50 states,
Germany: Health minister Karl Lauterbach told the press that he believes the Cannabis Bill "will be passed in the Bundestag in the week from 19th to
US - South Dakota: The Senate has passed Senate Bill (SB) 43, which now moves to the House. SB 43 would make minor amendments to
US - Minnesota: The Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) has issued two reports that include legislative recommendations. Among the recommendations, the OCM proposes unifying
US - New Jersey: The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC) has voted to approve rules regulating cannabis consumption areas, press reports. As discussed in
EU: The minutes of the March 2023 meeting of the European Commission (EC)'s Working Group on Cosmetic Products were published yesterday. In it, the discussion paper
Thailand: Health minister Cholnan Srikaew has provided more details on the draft bill to ban the recreational use of cannabis. Most notably, Cholnan said that
US - South Dakota: Senate Bill (SB) 42 has been passed by the Senate and now heads to the House. SB 42 would make various amendments
Greece: The joint decision from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Justice to include HHC and its derivatives in the list
Germany: Following concerns raised by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) about the Cannabis Bill, SPD parliamentary group leader Katja Mast said that the
Czech Republic: The State Agency for Cannabis for Medicinal Use (SAKL) has said that doctors prescribed almost 210 kg of medicinal cannabis to
South Africa: The Ministry of Health has opened the public consultation on amendments to Schedule 6 of the Medicines and Related Substances Act. The amendments