US - Virginia: House Bill 2294 was passed by the House by a vote of 91-7 and now heads to the Senate. It would make
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US - Virginia: House Bill 1846 was passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. It would amend the state’s medical cannabis
US - Wyoming: House Bill 137, which would have prohibited sales or giving of CBD products to anyone under 21, failed in committee.
7th February 2023 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: Following the Executive Branch’s controversial decision to present a bill to legalise the sale of recreational cannabis, the Ministry of Health has proposed
US - South Dakota: House Bill 1150 has been passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. The bill would waive a medical
US - Utah: Senate Bill 91 has been passed by the Senate and now heads to the House. It would amend the state’s medical cannabis laws
7th February 2023 - North America, United States |
US - federal: A federal district judge in Oklahoma has ruled that a provision in federal law prohibiting users of controlled substances from possessing firearms –
6th February 2023 - Mexico, North America |
Mexico: Senator Eva Eugenia Galaz Caletti has introduced a proposal in the Senate to regulate hemp. The proposal would allow hemp with less than 0.1%
US - Missouri: Recreational cannabis sales have begun in Missouri, press reports. Nearly all medical cannabis dispensaries applied to be allowed to sell recreational cannabis
US - Mississippi: House Bill (HB) 1158 was passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. HB 1158 would modify the state's medical cannabis
US - Virginia: Senate Bill (SB) 788 was passed by the Senate and now moves to the House. SB 788 would make several changes
US - Washington DC: Mayor Muriel Bowser has signed Bill 24-0113 into law. The bill aims to increase access to medical cannabis by allowing
US - Mississippi: Senate Bill (SB) 2771, which would have removed cannabis from the controlled substances list, and House Bill (HB) 338, which would have
US - North Dakota: House Bill (HB) 1164 and HB 1202, both which would have allowed medical cannabis in the form of edibles, have been voted
1st February 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: Republican Representative Greg Steube has introduced a bill (HR610) in the House to reschedule cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III
1st February 2023 - Brazil, South America |
US - California: The California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) has written to state attorney general Rob Bonta arguing that allowing California to enter
US - Mississippi: Medical cannabis sales have officially begun in Mississippi, press reports.
27th January 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The US Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced that it will be issuing a free national weekly hemp
27th January 2023 - Mexico, North America |
Mexico: The congress for the state of Baja California approved an initiative to decriminalise cannabis for medical purposes, press reports. The measure is still dependent
27th January 2023 - Canada, North America |
Canada: Health Canada has asked some federally licensed cannabis companies to halt the sales of certain ingestible cannabis products that are incorrectly classified
26th January 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a statement saying that it “has concluded that a new regulatory pathway for CBD is needed
US - South Dakota: The House passed House Bill (HB) 1053, and the bill now moves to the Senate. HB 1053 would prohibit issuing a
26th January 2023 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: After being rejected by several sectors of society, the Executive Branch has decided to present a new bill to legalise the
US - North Dakota: The Senate passed Senate Bill (SB) 2096, and the bill heads to the House. SB 2096 would revise the definition of
US - Washington, DC: The Council of the District of Columbia has passed Bill 24-0113, and it now goes to the mayor for final approval. The
US - Kansas: Democratic governor Laura Kelly urged the Republican-controlled legislature to legalise medical cannabis during her State of the State address, press reports. Although there
25th January 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published guidance for quality considerations for cannabis and cannabis-derived compounds in clinical research. The guidance
US - Missouri: The Missouri Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued proposed rules on recreational cannabis that will take effect on
23rd January 2023 - Mexico, North America |
Mexico: The president of the Board of Directors of the Senate, Alejandro Armenta, has told media that cannabis and hemp reform would be addressed in the
23rd January 2023 - Argentina, South America |
Argentina: The government today issued a decree launching the Regulatory Agency for the Hemp and Medicinal Cannabis Industry (Ariccame), responsible for issuing regulations and permits for
23rd January 2023 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The new health minister, Nísia Trindade, has supported medical cannabis and CBD use on national television, press reports. “There is a lot of scientific
US - New Jersey: The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission has released updated regulations for cannabis consumption areas. The updated rules are under a public comment
US - South Dakota: Senate Bill (SB) 1 was passed by the Senate and now heads to the House. SB 1 would add eight specific
US - Montana: The Senate has passed Senate Bill 67, which now moves to the House. It would specify several THC isomers, including delta-8,
US - Utah: The House has passed House Bill 72 on medical cannabis governance, which now moves to the Senate. It would make various
US Virgin Islands: Governor Albert Bryan has signed into law the Virgin Islands Cannabis Use Act, which legalises recreational cannabis. It allows for possession of
19th January 2023 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: The National Assembly has published a technical report about the recreational cannabis legalisation bill. The report warns that the bill may be
19th January 2023 - Colombia, South America |
Colombia: According to a survey conducted by the Colombian Cannabis Industry Observatory (OCIC), 74% of doctors in the country are in favour of
17th January 2023 - North America, United States |
US - federal: The first bill relating to cannabis has been introduced in the new Congress. Though the text is not yet available, HR363
16th January 2023 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: During a meeting organised by the Legislative Assembly Environment Committee on the recreational cannabis legalisation bill, the vice-minister of health Alexei
13th January 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: Chairman of the Oversight Committee of the US House of Representatives, James Comer (Republican – Kentucky), says the the committee
11th January 2023 - Canada, North America |
Canada - British Columbia: The provincial government has published the findings of a survey launched in spring 2022 on non-medical cannabis-consumption spaces such as cannabis lounges
US - Louisiana: State attorney general Jeff Landry has issued an opinion that Louisiana law “does not require physicians to conduct an in-person visit prior to
US - Connecticut: Recreational cannabis sales in Connecticut begin today, 10th January. Nine retailers that previously sold medical cannabis have been notified that they may
9th January 2023 - North America, United States |
US - General: Google has changed its policy to allow advertisements for certain hemp-derived CBD products. Beginning 20th January 2023, Google will allow for the
US Virgin Islands: The US Virgin Islands Senate has passed a bill to legalise recreational cannabis, press reports. The bill must be approved by the governor,
9th January 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to make recommendations on how to regulate CBD products "in the coming months", press
US - New York: Recreational cannabis sales began on 29th December. Housing Works Cannabis Co. in Manhattan is the only dispensary that has begun sales,