LATEST ALERTS
US - New York City: As legal recreational cannabis dispensaries are opening in New York, New York City mayor Eric Adams and Manhattan district attorney Alvin
US - South Dakota: Senate Bill 1129 was passed by the Senate and now heads to the House. It would make additional requirements for
US - Virginia: Senate Bills 1090 and 1533 were passed by the Senate and now head to the House. SB 1090 would increase the number of
US - Virginia: House Bill 1881 was passed by the House 52-47 and now moves to the Senate. It would cap registration or renewal fees
US - Virginia: House Bill 2428 was passed unanimously by the House and now heads to the Senate. It would make it a misdemeanour
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
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.
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
US - federal: A federal district judge in Oklahoma has ruled that a provision in federal law prohibiting users of controlled substances from possessing firearms –
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
US - Federal: Republican Representative Greg Steube has introduced a bill (HR610) in the House to reschedule cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III
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.
US - Federal: The US Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced that it will be issuing a free national weekly hemp
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
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
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
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
US - federal: The first bill relating to cannabis has been introduced in the new Congress. Though the text is not yet available, HR363
US - Federal: Chairman of the Oversight Committee of the US House of Representatives, James Comer (Republican – Kentucky), says the the committee
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
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,
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,
US - Minnesota: Democrats in the Minnesota state legislature have vowed to pass a bill to legalise recreational cannabis in 2023, press reports. Democrats have
US - Washington DC: The federal omnibus spending bill contains a long-standing provision (Section 809) that prohibits the federal government from spending any
US - Florida: The Florida Department of Health has issued an emergency rule to allow for a new batch of medical marijuana treatment centres
US - Federal: The Secure and Fair Enforcement [SAFE] Banking Act is not included in the federal omnibus spending bill, press reports. The spending bill
US - New Mexico: The New Mexico Department of Health has announced that it has accepted the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board's recommendation to add anxiety disorder to the
US - New York: The New York Office of Cannabis Management has issued guidance on cannabis delivery for approved Conditional Adult Use Retail Dispensaries (CAURD) which allow
US - Connecticut: The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection has announced that the first legal recreational cannabis sales will begin on 10th January 2023. Nine
US - federal: The Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act (HR 1996) was not included in the Senate version of the National Defense
