LATEST ALERTS
EU: The European Medicines Agency’s Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products (HMPC) last week issued a call for scientific data on cannabis flowers, which it may use in setting
Lithuania: Vice-chairman Jurgis Razma says the Seimas (parliament) will decide on a recommendation by the Ethics and Procedures Commission to hold another vote
Spain: Tomorrow, 21st February, a bill on both medical and recreational cannabis – introduced by the regional ERC (Republican Left of Catalonia) party
Ukraine: The parliamentary Committee on the Health of the Nation, Medical Care and Health Insurance has considered bill 7457 on the use of
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
Germany: The Federal Joint Committee, the highest decision-making body of the German healthcare system, has published its work programme for 2023. The authority expects
Hungary: The European Commission has referred Hungary to the Court of Justice of the European Union for opposing the EU position on the World Health Organization
Germany: The federal government has approved an amendment to the Narcotics Act to raise the THC limit in industrial hemp from 0.2% to 0.3%. The
Italy: The Lazio Administrative Tribunal (TAR) has annulled the Decree on Officinal Plants, which came into force in May 2022, subjecting hemp flower and leaf extraction to
Germany: The opposition CDU/CSU has submitted a motion to the Bundestag calling for improved supply of medical cannabis. The motion demands appropriate measures to
EU: The Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG-Grow) told CannIntelligence that the publication of the non-paper on the status of cannabis-derived
EU: The Novel Food and Toxicological Safety Committee – a subcommittee of the European Commission’s Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (ScoPAFF) – will
Malta: The Authority for the Responsible Use of Cannabis (ARUC) published official guidelines last week about the licensing process to establish nonprofit cannabis clubs –
Netherlands: The local authority of Amsterdam is proposing to ban smoking cannabis on the street in the old city centre from mid-May. The
Austria: The opposition liberal party NEOS has put forward a motion asking the federal government to specifically include hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) in the New Psychoactive Substances Ordinance. It says: “While a reform of
France: The National Drug Safety Agency (ANSM) has updated the list of community pharmacies and healthcare establishments authorised to order and dispense medical
Estonia: The government has notified a bill to the EU Commission TRIS database that would include hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) in the list of drugs
Ukraine: Mykhailo Radutskyi, chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on National Health, Medical Aid and Medical Insurance, told press yesterday that the number of
Monaco: An amendment to the narcotics list was issued last week to include synthetic cannabinoids 4f-MDMB-BICA, MDMB-4en-PINACA and Cumyl-pegaclone as scheduled substances, making them subject to the narcotics
Slovenia: An amendment to the narcotics list was issued last week to include several minor synthetic cannabinoids – including, for example, ADB-BUTINACA, ADB-4en-PINACA, ADB-5Br-INACA and
Iceland: An amendment to the narcotics list was issued last week to include hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) and THCO as controlled substances, making them subject to the narcotics
Switzerland: The first recreational cannabis project has started today in the city of Basel. The project will sell cannabis in nine designated pharmacies for
Germany: Carmen Wegge, the spokesperson for the Social Democratic Party (SPD) – which is part of the government coalition – has told the
Germany: The Federal Constitutional Court (BVerfG) will decide by early summer whether the criminal possession of cannabis products is constitutional, press reports. This comes after
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
Spain: The left-wing party Podemos, alongside regional parties ERC and Bildu, have submitted a proposal to regulate industrial hemp, press reports. This proposal
Switzerland: The canton of Bern has spoken out against the pilot project to sell recreational cannabis in pharmacies. The cantonal government believes that "there
Belgium: CannIntelligence asked the Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety, and Environment how the Ministry of Health justifies the ban on
France: The Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE) – a government and Parliament advisory body – adopted an opinion in favour of recreational
Ukraine: Ukrainian patients, veterans and human rights organisations have appealed to MPs to adopt Bill 7457 on the legalisation of medicinal cannabis, media
Netherlands: The mayors of Breda and Tilburg expect a decision in February on their pleas to allow coffee shops in their municipalities to sell
Czech Republic: The government’s expert working group on recreational cannabis was presented on Friday with the first proposals on sales, taxation and collecting
Bulgaria: The Ministry of Internal Affairs has not expressed its support for the Bill to Amend the Law on the Control of Narcotic Substances and Precursors, presented
Spain: According to the results of the Survey on Alcohol and Other Drugs , which is conducted by the Ministry of Health every
Spain: The president of the Spanish Observatory on Medical Cannabis has criticised the lack of regulation of medical cannabis in Spain, press reports. Carola
Lithuania: The parliamentary Law and Order Committee yesterday decided to seek expert evaluation of bills to decriminalise cannabis, media reports. Scientists from the
Germany: The nonprofit Institute for Interdisciplinary Addiction and Drug Research (ISD Hamburg) has been tasked by the Federal Ministry of Health with providing an
Czech Republic: Dozens of Czech e-shops have appeared online recently offering hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) in various forms, media reports. National anti-drug coordinator Jindřich Vobořil has
Germany: The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has overturned the acquittal of five people accused of drug trafficking for importing CBD flowers, and referred
Lithuania: A Maltese citizen was detained at Vilnius airport for transporting narcotic cannabis, which is prohibited in Lithuania, even though they were legally
Germany: Andrew Ullmann, the health policy spokesperson from the coalition party the Free Democratic Party (FDP), has called for a timely draft law
Luxembourg: Minister of health Paulette Lenert says that the country intends to finalise plans to decriminalise the possession of up to 3 g
EU: The EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) increased the allowable THC concentration in hemp from 0.2% to 0.3% at the beginning of 2023.
