LATEST ALERTS
Spain: According to the September update of the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS)’s list of medical cannabis cultivation licence holders,
US - Missouri: Missouri’s Division of Cannabis Regulation (DCR) issued 48 marijuana microbusiness licences, thus expanding the state’s legal cannabis market. The licensees were
Israel: The Medical Cannabis Unit invites the public to submit their comments to the committee reviewing phytocannabinoids. The committee will formulate decisions regarding the
Lithuania: According to Kęstutis Budris, chief adviser on national security to president Gitanas Nausėda, the president is sceptical about the proposal to decriminalise a
New Zealand: In a debate between the two parties with the best chances of winning the elections – taking place on 14th October 2023 –
Germany: The Bundesrat (upper house) has recommended several changes and tightening measures to the Cannabis Act, which aims to regulate recreational cannabis, press reports.
Netherlands: The outgoing Dutch cabinet has decided that Oost, an eastern district of Amsterdam, will be participating in the cannabis experiment as the
US - California: Assembly Bill (AB) 623 has been signed into law by governor Gavin Newsom. AB 623 requires the Department of Cannabis Control to establish regulations
Belgium: The Royal Decree banning the sale of nicotine pouches and cannabinoid-containing pouches enters into force for retailers on 1st October. British American Tobacco (BAT)
US - Texas: A state appellate court has upheld a temporary junction that allows delta-8 THC sales to continue in Texas while a lawsuit is litigated.
Germany: Tomorrow (29th September 2023) the Bundesrat (upper house) will make its first statement on the Cannabis Act, which aims to regulate recreational
France: The government has presented to the parliament the 2024 Social Security Financing Bill, which does not introduce a comprehensive regulatory framework for
US - Federal: In response to the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Development Committee's approval of the SAFER Banking Act, Senate majority leader Chuck
Global: A report assessing the world drug problem from a human rights' perspective was published last week by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
US - Federal: The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee passed the Secure And Fair Enforcement Regulation (SAFER) Banking Act on Wednesday by a vote
Canada - British Columbia: Federally licensed cannabis producers (federal licence holders) can now promote their cannabis by offering product samples to cannabis store
Thailand: Prime minister Srettha Thavisin has vowed to prohibit the use and sale of recreational cannabis within six months, press reports. “The law will need to
US - Minnesota: The newly-appointed commissioner of the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) resigned a day after being appointed due to allegations that
US - North Carolina: House Bill (HB) 563 was passed by the House and is now in the Senate. The bill would regulate
US - Federal: A revised version of the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act – entitled the Secure And Fair Enforcement Regulation
Finland: The amendment to a government decree on psychoactive substances banned from the consumer market became effective yesterday, 25th September. Hexahydrocannabiforol (HHC-P), hexahydrocannabinol acetate (HHC-O),
South Africa: The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services is currently considering amendments to the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill. The committee has invited interested parties
Canada: Health Canada published the Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey (CTNS) 2022, which measures the prevalence of cigarette smoking, vaping, cannabis, and alcohol use among
Italy: The decree that places “the compositions for oral administration of cannabidiol obtained from Cannabis extracts” in the table of medicines in the Narcotics Act
Netherlands: Earlier this month, the government published the updated timeline of the cannabis experiment, media reports. The new timeline includes the start date of the experiment.
Slovenia: The Ministry of Health has proposed an amendment to the regulation on the classification of illicit drugs to include hexahydrocannabinol (HHC), its acetate (HHC-O), hexahydrocannabiphorol (HHCP)
Czech Republic: The national anti-drug coordinator Jindřich Vobořil said at the Economics of Prevention conference that the main approach in addiction policy should
Guyana: In a recent interview with the press, minister of agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha said that Guyana will begin trial cultivation of hemp in early 2024,
Netherlands: In a letter to Parliament, the outgoing cabinet has informed that the startup phase of the country’s cannabis experiment kicks off on 15th December in
US - Federal: Senators involved in the legislative process believe there are enough votes in the Senate to pass the Secure and Fair Enforcement
Iceland: The Consumer Agency has fined two companies, Adotta CBD Reykjavik and Healing Iceland, ISK100,000 (€688) each for promoting their CBD-containing cosmetic products on their respective websites as
Israel: The Medical Cannabis Unit has published for public consultation a draft table on the categories of medical cannabis products it has approved. The
Ukraine: Mykhailo Radutskyi, head of the parliamentary committee on National Health, Medical Care and Medical Insurance, has specified that members of the parliament (MPs)
Slovenia: Member of parliament (MP) Nataša Sukić submitted a parliamentary question this week on the progress of the interdepartmental working group announced in the
US - California: Senate Bill (SB) 152 was signed into law by governor Gavin Newsom. SB 152 creates two new types of cannabis licence:
Netherlands: In a webinar held today (13th September) by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Margriet van Laar, head of the
Malta: In a webinar held today (13th September) by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) on selected countries’ experiences with
US - New York: The New York State Cannabis Control Board (CCB) approved proposed regulations for recreational cannabis, which will allow for general licence
US - Arkansas: A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction to prevent state officials from enforcing Act 629 (formerly Senate Bill 358), which came into effect on
US - California: California attorney general Rob Bonta has filed lawsuits against nine retailers of inhalable hemp products. “I want to be clear: the
US - California: Assembly Bill (AB) 374, which would essentially allow cannabis cafés in localities that choose to permit them, has been passed by
Thailand: Newly appointed public health minister Cholnan Srikaew said on 11th September that cannabis will not be reclassified as a narcotic, press reports. He
Denmark: Following an allegedly gang-related shooting in Christiania – a community famous for its open trade of cannabis – Copenhagen's mayor, Sophie Hæstorp Andersen, from
Australia: The Green Party senator David Shoebridge has introduced a bill in Parliament that aims to legalise recreational cannabis. If passed, cannabis would be legal
US - Virginia: A federal lawsuit has been filed by stakeholders to challenge Senate Bill (SB) 903, which was signed into law in April and
US - North Carolina: Uncertified voting results reveal that the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in western North Carolina have apparently legalised recreational cannabis on
Italy: The industry association Canapa Sativa Italia sent a formal request to the minister of health to repeal the decree that classified “compositions for
Argentina: The government has approved the inclusion of hemp seeds and their derivatives in the Food Code, press reports. The inclusion allows the sale
US - South Dakota: New proposed rules for medical cannabis would, among other things, increase the allowable amount of certain cannabis products and would ban
