LATEST ALERTSEU: The European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) takes place this year during the week of 18th to 26th November. The EWWR is
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Australia: A bill implementing a trial allowing people to drive a motor vehicle after having consumed medical cannabis was passed last week at the
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Ukraine: Last week, the parliamentary Committee on National Health, Medical Assistance and Medical Insurance reviewed technical changes and recommended adopting the final version
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US - Florida: Just Brands, which markets CBD products under the brand Just CBD, is suing Florida authorities in federal court over a raid
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New Zealand: Final election results released today (3rd November) show the centre-right National Party with a majority of seats (48 out of 122). National Party
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US - Federal: The Senate has passed a bill that would allow doctors at the US Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) to recommend medical
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US - Georgia: The Georgia Court of Appeals has ruled that delta-8 and delta-10 THC, even in edible products, are not controlled substances under Georgia law.
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New Zealand: Eqalis CBD30, Eqalis CBD120, Symetis T17 B52, Symetis T17 Gorilla and Cumulus T17 have been verified by the Medicinal Cannabis Agency as meeting
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Germany: A public hearing of the Bundestag (parliament) Health Committee on the Cannabis Bill is scheduled for 6th November. Two motions to stop cannabis legalisation
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Switzerland: The Federal Council has issued a report, at the request of the National Council, to examine “how the various forms of the hemp plant
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US - North Carolina: The North Carolina secretary of state’s office confiscated approximately $170,000 worth of THC-infused copycat food products that mimicked such brands
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US - Utah: The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food has issued proposed rules to regulate home delivery of medical cannabis. The proposed rules are under a
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US - Virginia: A federal judge has denied an injunction against Virginia authorities that would have prevented them from enforcing a new law that
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Paraguay: Member of parliament Alejandro Aguilera, from the ruling party National Republican Association, has submitted a bill to the parliament seeking to further develop
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US - Minnesota: The Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) is seeking input from the public as it drafts rules for its recreational cannabis programme. An online survey
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Israel: The Medical Cannabis Unit published a warning against the use of cannabis after traumatic events. The warning emphasises that cannabis has not been proven effective
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US - Federal: A group of Massachusetts cannabis companies have filed a lawsuit against the federal government claiming that federal law that prohibits cannabis is
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Italy: The Regional Administrative Tribunal (TAR) has extended the suspension of the decree that places “the compositions for oral administration of cannabidiol obtained from Cannabis
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US - Nebraska: State attorney general Mike Hilgers announced a coordinated series of lawsuits “against retailers selling mislabeled and deceptive THC-containing products that present
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US - Federal: House Republicans have elected representative Mike Johnson of Louisiana as the new House speaker after the position vacancy stalled business in
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Philippines: House of Representatives member Luis Raymund “L-Ray” Villafuerte, from the minority National Unity Party, has asked Department of Health (DOH) secretary Ted
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Switzerland: The German Sanity Group and the Swiss Institute for Addiction and Health Research (ISGF) have received final approval from the Federal Office of
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US - Federal: Senator John Boozman, ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, said that Congress will consider a one-year extension deadline for
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US - Nevada: The Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board (CCB) approved amendments to regulations to modernise them after an executive order to do so earlier
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Ireland: The Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use held a meeting on 23rd October in which it presented 36 recommendations to the government and the Oireachtas
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UK: Today (24th October), the government announced that it accepts the advice on CBD consumer products from the Advisory Council on the Misuse
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Malta: The Authority for the Responsible Use of Cannabis (ARUC), in charge of granting licences to cannabis harm-reduction associations, has awarded its first-ever operational licences to
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France: The government has submitted an amendment to the 2024 Social Security Financing Bill which aims to establish a temporary ad hoc status for
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Iceland: A proposal from the leader of the Pirate Party (a minor opposition party) to decriminalise possession of narcotics, including cannabis, in quantities suitable for
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Brazil: Tomorrow (24th October), the National Integration and Regional Development Committee of the Chamber of Deputies will discuss the production chain of cannabis
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Canada: Health Canada has announced changes to the process of adding sales authorisations for cannabis products to processing licences – applicable to all micro
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Czech Republic: The country's first medical cannabis harvest has been completed by the only grower in the country, media reports. The nursery is
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Israel: Today the Ministry of Health published for public consultation a proposal to defer the effective date of the amendment to the Dangerous
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US - Colorado: The newly created Natural Medicines Division (NMD) is considering allowing psilocybin edible products as part of its implementation of the Natural
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Germany: Yesterday (18th October) the Bundestag (lower house) started to debate the Cannabis Bill, which aims to regulate the self-cultivation of cannabis by adults and the
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US - New York: The New York Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) announced that it is extending the application deadline to apply for recreational cannabis
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New Zealand: The Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority (Medsafe) has reclassified CBD from a prescription-only medicine to a restricted (pharmacist-only) medicine. This will
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Poland: Parliamentary elections took place in Poland on Sunday, resulting in a likely change of government. Today (17th October), with 100% of the
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France: The minister of health, Aurélien Rousseau, has announced an extension of the medical cannabis experiment programme, which was due to end in
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US - Maryland: A judge has issued a preliminary injunction to stop the enforcement of a new law that restricts the sale of hemp products that
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US - California: A group of California cannabis dispensaries is suing other dispensaries and manufacturers of intoxicating hemp-derived cannabinoid (IHDC) products to prevent them from
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US - Alabama: The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) has adopted emergency regulations and revisions in an effort to award medical cannabis licences by the
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Germany: The first reading of the Cannabis Bill, which aims to regulate the self-cultivation of cannabis by adults and the non-commercial cultivation of cannabis by
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UK: Yesterday (12th October), the Food Standards Agency (FSA) issued new precautionary advice on edible CBD, which it says should be limited to
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Germany: The first reading of the Cannabis Bill, which aims to regulate self-cultivation by adults and non-commercial cultivation of cannabis through cannabis clubs, was cancelled
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Canada: The expert panel conducting the legislative review of the Cannabis Act published its report entitled Legislative Review of the Cannabis Act – What We
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Ukraine: The Verkhovna Rada’s (parliament) Committee on National Health, Medical Care and Health Insurance advises the adoption of bill 7457 on the legalisation
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Colombia: The Chamber of Representatives has approved, on its second vote, bill 001/2023C amending the Constitution to legalise recreational cannabis. The bill was approved
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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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