LATEST ALERTSGermany: The second and final reading of the Cannabis Bill in the Bundestag (lower house), which was supposed to happen in the first week of
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US - New York: The New York Supreme Court has approved a settlement in two lawsuits that will now allow the Office of Cannabis Management
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US - Federal: The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has issued a memo entitled “Farm Bill Primer: Selected Hemp Industry Issues” that addresses several issues related
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US - Federal: Senate Banking chairman Sherrod Brown says he will not try to include the Secure And Fair Enforcement Regulation (SAFER) Banking Act
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Germany: A recent amendment to the Cannabis Act proposed by the coalition parties and the Ministry of Health has been leaked to the press. In
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South Africa: The Select Committee on Security and Justice is inviting stakeholders and interested parties to send in written submissions on the Cannabis for Private Purposes
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US - New Hampshire: A commission tasked with making recommendations on how to regulate recreational cannabis in the state has failed to make any
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Australia: The government of the state of Victoria has announced that it is open to discuss the decriminalisation of the personal use of
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Brazil: The Participatory Legislation Commission of the Chamber of Deputies – a committee that receives proposals from associations and organised civil society, with
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Germany: A product alert has been issued through the EU Safety Gate system for a nicotine-free e-cigarette cartridge containing cannabidiol, hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) and, in some
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US - New York: The Cannabis Control Board approved a settlement that could allow for the opening of 436 dispensaries by provisional conditional adult-use retail
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US - Federal: The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is revoking hemp licences from hemp cultivators who are also cultivating higher-THC cannabis under state-legal
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Germany: The Bundestag has agreed on amendments to the Cannabis Bill – which aims to regulate the self-cultivation of cannabis by adults and
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Malta: While commenting on the news that the government is considering stopping smoking for future generations, a group of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and associations have
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Canada: Health Canada approved the use of Epidiolex as an adjunct therapy for the treatment of seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS), Dravet syndrome
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Colombia: Bill 001/2023C amending the Constitution to legalise cannabis was approved yesterday (22nd November) on its third vote in the Senate. The bill, which
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Ukraine: Batkivshchyna, the small opposition party that opposes medical cannabis legalisation, has submitted dozens of amendments to bill 7457 that would legalise medical cannabis
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France: A joint committee made up of assembly members and senators has failed to agree on a common version of the 2024 Social Security
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US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning letter to Discover Health LLC over its products marketed to contain CBD,
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US - Federal: President Joe Biden has signed into law stopgap funding that will extend the 2018 Farm Bill until September 2024, press reports.
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US - New York: The Cannabis Control Board (CCB) has voted to amend rules on hemp cannabinoid products that restrict the amount of THC that can be
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Japan: The Ministry of Health intends to ban hexahydrocannabihexol (HHCH) after several hospitalisations due to consumption of gummies containing HHCH, press reports. The ban
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Thailand: The Ministry of Public Health has completed its draft of the Hemp-Cannabis Law to regulate cannabis, which may be available for public comment
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US - Hawaii: Hawaii attorney general Anne Lopez has issued a comprehensive plan to legalise recreational cannabis in the state, press reports. The plan would impose
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US - Alabama: The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) has reached a proposed settlement to resolve a lawsuit brought by medical cannabis licence applicants,
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US - South Dakota: The South Dakota Department of Health has approved rules regarding medical cannabis that take effect on 27th November 2023. Most notable
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Brazil: Senator Mara Gabrilli from the governing Social Democratic Party, which has the most seats in the Senate, has introduced a bill to
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EU: On occasion of today’s webinar held by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) examining the EU cannabis market, the
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South Africa: Yesterday (14th November), the National Assembly passed the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill, which allows possession and cultivation for private purposes and sets a
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EU: The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) – the European authority on illicit drugs – will hold a webinar
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Japan: Today (14th November), the House of Representatives (lower house) adopted a proposal to legalise cannabis-based medicines and criminalise recreational cannabis use. The
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Germany: The Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) – the highest decision-making body in the German statutory healthcare system – has opened the public consultation
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Slovenia: Amendments to the regulation on the classification of illicit drugs were published in the official gazette on the 10th November 2023. These include adding hexahydrocannabinol
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US - New York: A state court has ruled that state regulators did not follow proper procedure in imposing an emergency rule that limits the
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US - Federal: Top congressional lawmakers have agreed in principle to stopgap funding that will extend the 2018 Farm Bill for one year,
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Ireland: A motion to decriminalise the possession of small quantities of cannabis was rejected this weekend at the left-wing party Sinn Féin's annual
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US - Kentucky: The General Assembly’s Administrative Regulations Review Subcommittee has approved an emergency rule to regulate hemp-derived cannabinoid products, press reports. The emergency rule was necessary to
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Germany: The second and final reading of the Cannabis Bill, which aims to regulate the self-cultivation of cannabis by adults and the non-commercial cultivation of
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Netherlands: The government has published an information leaflet for the closed coffee shop chain experiment, which will be supplied with every cannabis product via a
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Belgium: The Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety, and the Environment has updated its positive list of notified herbal products for smoking, which includes
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Portugal: Following a corruption scandal allegedly involving prime minister António Costa and his announced resignation, president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said Parliament would
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Slovakia: The Ministry of Health has confirmed that it is currently preparing an amendment to add hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) and hexahydrocannabiphorol (HHC-P) to the list
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US - Alaska: A group of hemp producers has sued the Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to prevent enforcement of a new regulation that
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South Africa: The parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services approved the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill. The bill, which was introduced
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US - Ohio: Ohio has become the 24th state to legalise recreational cannabis after voters passed a ballot initiative to do so, press reports. The initiative,
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EU: The European Commission (EC) has published an initiative to adopt a delegated decision on the targeted amendment of the European List of Waste
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France: The National Assembly has passed the first reading of the 2024 Social Security Financing Bill without amending the government’s proposal, which aims
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Germany: Yesterday (6th November) the Bundestag (parliament) held a public hearing with health experts on the Cannabis Bill, which aims to regulate the self-cultivation
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US - Ohio: Voters will decide today (7th November) the fate of an initiative to legalise recreational cannabis in the state. If passed, recreational
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