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Colombia: Twenty-five members of the Chamber of Deputies have urged president Gustavo Petro in a letter to support the bill on recreational cannabis for
US - Arkansas: The Arkansas Supreme Court decided yesterday (22nd September) that the votes will be counted for the ballot measure that would legalise
Paraguay: Members of the Senate Committee for the Prevention and Fight Against Drug Trafficking and Related Crimes held a meeting on 21st September with
Canada: The federal government has launched a legislative review of the Cannabis Act to determine the impact of the legalisation of recreational use among youth and
US - Minnesota: Medical cannabis company Vireo Health has filed a lawsuit against the state alleging that House File (HF) 4065 – which allows the sale
US - Oklahoma: The Oklahoma Supreme Court decided yesterday that the ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis in the state could not appear on the
US - New York: The Cannabis Control Board (CCB) has resolved to adopt revised regulations for the home cultivation of cannabis for medical use. Certified medical cannabis
US - California: Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law a number of new bills relating to cannabis. Assembly Bill 2188 prohibits employers, with a
US - California: Assembly Bill 1885, newly signed into law, expands the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act to cover cannabis products
US - Oklahoma: Three challenges were filed to a ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis during a mandatory ten-day window that opponents had to
US - federal: A bipartisan group of members of Congress wrote a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Rober Califf criticising
US - Nevada: A judge has ruled that the Nevada Board of Pharmacy may no longer list cannabis as a Schedule I drug, press reports.
US - federal: Representative Jared Huffman, a California Democrat, has introduced the Small and Homestead Independent Producers (SHIP) Act, which would allow small cannabis cultivators and
US - Missouri: The Missouri Supreme Court declined to hear a lawsuit challenging a ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis, thereby clearing the final
US - West Virginia: A proposal to cap THC in medical cannabis products at 10% has been rejected by the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board
US - Missouri: The Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District has ruled that the signatures for a ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis
Germany: As part of the recreational cannabis legalisation plan, the Bundestag announced a Health Committee delegation trip to Canada and the United States. Eight members
Paraguay: Last week the Ministry of Health issued Decree 7761/2022, wherein the maximum number of companies allowed to be granted a licence to
US - Federal: Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon, sponsor of the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, said that a draft
Costa Rica: President Rodrigo Chaves, during a government press conference, signed the industrial hemp regulations on the Cannabis for Medicinal and Therapeutic Use and on Hemp for Food and
Canada - British Columbia: The BC General Employees Union (BCGEU) and the BC Public Service Agency (PSA) have reached a provisional deal to end
Bermuda: Governor Rena Lalgie will withhold royal assent to the Cannabis Licensing Act 2022 at the instruction of the Queen of the UK, press reports. The
US - Missouri: Governor Mike Parsons has announced that he will not include discussions of a bill to legalise recreational cannabis in his upcoming
Colombia: The Chamber of Deputies First Constitutional Committee was today set to discuss a bill that would modify the Constitution to decriminalise the use and possession of cannabis.
US - California: Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Assembly Bill 1954 into law. It prohibits a doctor from denying treatment to a qualified medical cannabis patient based
Panama: The two Executive Decrees that further regulate cannabis for medical and therapeutic use – which were announced yesterday by the president – were published
US - Oklahoma: The Oklahoma Supreme Court will wait until a mandatory ten-day comment period is over before it will consider whether a ballot
US - Nebraska: The federal Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against organisers of a ballot initiative to legalise medical cannabis in Nebraska by
Panama: President Laurentino Cortizo Cohen has signed two executive decrees related to Law 242 of 2021, which introduced a legal framework for medicinal and therapeutic use
Uruguay: The National Drugs Board (JND) and the Ministry of the Interior are studying a plan to provide cannabis to prisoners, press reports. Currently, although cannabis
US - California: Senate Bill 1186 has been passed by the legislature and sent to governor Gavin Newsom for final approval. It would prohibit localities from
US - Alabama: The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission has issued an updated timeline for medical cannabis licensing. The first licences are now expected to be
US - Florida: The Florida Department of Health has issued an emergency rule setting limits on daily dosages for medical cannabis under Florida Statute 381.986(4)(f). The daily dosage
Mexico: The Third Collegiate Court in Administrative Matters in Mexico City has approved an amparo (a legal protection for certain activities) for Xebra Brands to
US - California: The state legislature has passed several cannabis-related bills and sent them to governor Gavin Newsom for final approval. Assembly Bill 2188 would
US - federal: US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a notice seeking to buy portable cannabis analysers that can determine the presence and quantity
US - Oklahoma: A court referee is taking arguments to the state supreme court, which will decide whether a ballot initiative to legalise recreational
US - Michigan: Michigan State Police is suspending its use of a test for THC impairment in drivers after it became apparent that lab testing
Costa Rica: On 23rd August, the Ministry of Agriculture opened a public consultation for the regulations on the Cannabis for Medicinal and Therapeutic Use and
Costa Rica: President Rodrigo Chaves has said that the promised recreational cannabis legalisation bill should be presented before November, when the period of
US - New York: The Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) has begun to accept its first applications for recreational dispensary licences. The first recreational
US - California: Amendments to Senate Bill (SB) 1326 have been concurred to by the Senate, and the bill will now go to the
US - Oregon: The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC) and Curaleaf have reached an agreement whereby the company will pay a fine of
US - federal: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is issuing a refund to consumers who purchased CBD products from Kushly Industries, due to misleading medical
US - South Dakota: Governor Kristi Noem has said she will not challenge the ballot initiative that would legalise cannabis possession in South Dakota
Costa Rica: The Legislative Assembly has reacted positively to president Rodrigo Chaves’s announcement last week about recreational cannabis legalisation, press reports. So far, the only party to
US - Oklahoma: The Oklahoma secretary of state has validated over 117,000 signatures – well above the required 94,911 – for a ballot initiative
US - New York: New York City mayor Eric Adams has announced an initiative to assist social equity applicants with retail licence applications and provide long-term
US - Nebraska: Two ballot initiatives to legalise medical cannabis in Nebraska failed to gather enough signatures to reach the November ballot, press reports. Organisers reportedly
