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US - Oregon: Governor Kate Brown has announced that she is issuing pardons for certain convictions for simple possession of cannabis prior to the state’s legalisation
US - New York: The Cannabis Control Board (CCB) yesterday approved its first recreational cannabis dispensary licences. The Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary (CAURD) licences were approved for
US - Iowa: Iowa’s Medical Cannabidiol Board will recommend to the state legislature that it exempt medical cannabis sales from the state's sales tax
21st November 2022 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: President Joe Biden will sign into law the Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act (HR 8454), which was passed by Congress
US - Missouri: The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has released draft rules to regulate recreational cannabis in response to the voter-passed initiative
17th November 2022 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The Senate passed the Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act (HR 8454), and the bill now moves to the president's
US - Kentucky: Governor Andy Beshear has issued two executive orders, one which allows for the possession of cannabis for medical purposes under certain
US - New York: A federal judge has issued a temporary block on issuing recreational cannabis dispensary licences in parts of the state,
US - Illinois: Illinois is offering $8.75m in forgivable loans to social equity cannabis licensees. The loans will be "fully financed by the State" and
US - Minnesota: Governor Tim Waltz told former governor Jesse Ventura that legalising recreational cannabis will be "one of the first" things passed
US - Colorado: Proposition 122, a ballot measure to decriminalise the possession and use and allow for regulated distribution of certain psychedelic substances, appears poised
US - Kansas: A lawsuit challenging the seizure of over $100,000 in delta-8 THC products by state authorities has been dismissed. The suit alleged that the state
US - South Dakota: Voters rejected a ballot initiative to decriminalise recreational cannabis, press reports. The result comes as something of a surprise since a
US - North Dakota: Voters rejected a ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis, press reports. The initiative would have allowed adults to purchase and possess up to 1
US - Missouri: Voters passed a ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis, amending the state constitution, press reports. The initiative also makes several amendments to the
US - Maryland: Voters passed a ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis, press reports. Approval of the ballot question enacts accompanying legislation – House Bill 837 – that will eventually
US - Arkansas: Voters rejected a ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis, press reports. The initiative would have amended the state constitution to legalise recreational cannabis and allowed
8th November 2022 - Mexico, North America |
Mexico: Alejandro Armenta, president of the Board of Directors of the Senate, has announced that senators intend to separate legislation to regulate industrial hemp
8th November 2022 - North America, United States |
US - federal: Voters in the US will today determine in the midterm elections who controls Congress for the next two years. Currently, the
7th November 2022 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Florida agricultural commissioner Nikki Fried that argued that the federal prohibition on buying or
4th November 2022 - Canada, North America |
Canada: Ottawa Public Health (OPH) plans to make several recommendations to Health Canada as part of the Cannabis Act Review that was launched in September, press reports.
US - Utah: The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF) issued a statement about synthetic and derivative cannabinoids, such as delta-8 THC and THC-O,
2nd November 2022 - North America, United States |
US - New York: Local officials in Rotterdam want to introduce legislation to regulate where and when cannabis-related businesses can operate within the
US - New Jersey: The Assembly has passed Assembly Bill A3946, which now moves to the Senate. The bill would allow cannabis businesses to deduct
US - Delaware: Governor John Carney vetoed House Bill (HB) 276, which would have allowed medical cannabis patients to possess firearms. Federal law prohibits unlawful users
US - New Jersey: The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission has approved its first annual recreational cannabis business licences. In total, 18 licences were approved, of
27th October 2022 - North America, United States |
US Virgin Islands: Senator Janelle Sarauw has announced that her bills to legalise recreational cannabis in the US Virgin Islands (USVI) and expunge
26th October 2022 - Alabama, United States |
US - Alabama: The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) has sent Cannabis Business License application forms to those who requested them during the required
US - Washington, District of Columbia: Mayor Muriel Bowser has signed into law an emergency act that allows "non-resident cardholders" to self-certify as medical cannabis
20th October 2022 - Canada |
Canada - Yukon: The Yukon government has turned over all cannabis retail locations and online sales to private licensees, as the Yukon Liquor Corporation
US - Oklahoma: Governor Kevin Stitt has called for a special election on 7th March 2023 on a ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis, local press
18th October 2022 - Canada, North America |
Canada: Cannabis industry stakeholders and lobbyists are declaring a "state of emergency" for cannabis producers and processors in Canada and calling on regulators to
US - Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania secretary of agriculture is calling for proposals from nonprofit marketing firms "for projects aimed at increasing sales, export
US - Nevada: The Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board (CCB) is now accepting applications for cannabis consumption lounges. The application process is open until 27th October.
17th October 2022 - United States |
US - federal: The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is set to propose significant increases to the production of cannabis and psychedelics for research in
US - Nebraska: Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana (NMM) is dropping a lawsuit filed in May that challenged a state law that requires ballot initiatives
US - Kentucky: Governor Andy Beshear announced that he is undertaking a review of convictions for possession of cannabis in Kentucky in light
US - California: A law enforcement task force called the Unified Cannabis Enforcement Task Force (UCETF) has recently been formed to crack down on
13th October 2022 - North America, United States |
US - federal: The US Court of International Trade (CIT) has ruled that legalisation of cannabis under state law serves as an exemption to the federal
7th October 2022 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: President Joe Biden yesterday (6th October) announced his multi-pronged plan to end the country’s “failed approach to marijuana”. The three
6th October 2022 - North America, United States |
US - federal: Army officials are warning soldiers about the use of delta-8 THC products, as use of any hemp-derived product, regardless of THC
5th October 2022 - North America, United States |
US - federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has named Norman Birenbaum, a former cannabis regulator in Rhode Island and New York, as
US - Georgia: A judge has ordered the only two licensed medical cannabis oil producers in Georgia to cease production until a lawsuit over
5th October 2022 - Canada, North America |
Canada - British Columbia: The Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch (LCRB) will allow federally licensed cannabis growers in British Columbia to sell cannabis in stores at
4th October 2022 - North America, United States |
US - federal: Democratic senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii has filed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would allow military veterans to possess, use,
US - Vermont: Recreational cannabis sales in Vermont began in dispensaries on 1st October. Only three retail licences have been issued to date.
30th September 2022 - North America, United States |
US: The “Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act”, which has bipartisan support, will not be allowed to go through and expedite parliamentary process (known
