LATEST ALERTS
Poland: Yesterday (7th November), a regulation amending the prescription regime of cannabis entered into force. The regulation has added medical cannabis to the list of substances
Germany: Yesterday (6th November), following the dismissal of the finance minister, Christian Lindner of the Free Democratic Party (FDP), by chancellor Olaf Scholz,
US - South Dakota: South Dakota voters rejected measure 29, which would have legalised recreational cannabis in the state, with 57% casting ballots in
US - Nebraska: Nebraska voters supported a pair of statutory initiatives to legalise medical cannabis and establish regulations for the industry, with 71%
US - Florida: Amendment 3, which would have legalised recreational cannabis in the state, failed to get the required 60% voter support. The initiative
Switzerland: The Federal Department of Home Affairs is amending Annex 6 of the Narcotics List Ordinance to include synthetic cannabinoids. Industrial and scientific use is excluded. Substances
Ukraine: The government has regulated the procedure for obtaining quotas for the circulation of medical cannabis for 2025, the Ministry of Health reports. The
US - Federal: Today, voters in Florida, North Dakota and South Dakota will vote on ballot initiatives to legalise recreational cannabis in their states while those in Nebraska will vote
Germany: The cannabis club in Ganderkesee, Lower Saxony, has made its first distribution of recreational cannabis to its members, press reports. Since the regulation
Ukraine: According to deputy health minister Maryna Slobodnichenko, medical cannabis is not currently cultivated or imported in Ukraine, media reports. While the regulatory
Germany: The city of Hanover, in cooperation with the city of Frankfurt, signed a letter of intent for a pilot project for the controlled sale
Australia: The expert consultation report “Medicinal Cannabis and Driving in Victoria” has recommended that patients under treatment with medical cannabis should no longer lose
Lithuania: Lithuania has notified to the European Commission Technical Regulation Information System (TRIS) database the draft law amending the law on hemp grown for fibre.
Lithuania: Lithuania has notified to the European Commission Technical Regulation Information System (TRIS) database the draft law amending the Law on the Control of Narcotic
Brazil: The National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) board of directors has approved the prescription of cannabis-based products for veterinary use. Qualified veterinarians can prescribe registered
US - Arizona: The Arizona Dispensaries Association (ADA) has announced that starting 1st November 2024, the state will begin to allow recreational cannabis deliveries. Previously,
UK: The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) – an advisory body that makes recommendations to the government on drug-related issues
Ireland: The Oireachtas (Irish parliament) Committee on Drug Use has recommended the decriminalisation of consumption and possession of cannabis for personal use in small quantities
Pakistan: On 31st October, the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) will hold a meeting of its implementation committee for the agriculture sector to
EU: The European Commission has opened for feedback two initiatives that aim to abolish hemp notifications to reduce the administrative burden for EU member states. The
US - Federal: Vice-president Kamala Harris has shared a list of her key priorities for what she hopes to accomplish if elected into
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
Costa Rica: On 18th October the regulations to law 10113, which regulated the medical and industrial use of cannabis, were published in the
Australia: Medical cannabis prescriptions have reached an all-time high in the country, press reports. Around 300,000 prescriptions have been granted in Australia since it
Czech Republic: Last week, president Petr Pavel signed the proposal to regulate hemp extracts with HHC and with a THC content of up to 1%, among
EU: The European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA), in conjunction with Europol, presented a study on the challenges and risks the emergence of semi-synthetic
Costa Rica: Pharmacies will start selling the first medical cannabis products in January 2025, press reports. According to Thomas McCullen, executive director of the
US - Georgia: The Georgia Department of Agriculture has published a notice of intent to amend and adopt hemp product rules. Under a proposed rule that is
France: A group of deputies from the far-right party Rassemblement National (National Front) has proposed an amendment to the Finance Bill 2025 to
US - Arkansas: The Arkansas Supreme Court has rejected the state’s “Medical Marijuana Amendment of 2024”, stating that any vote for the proposed amendment would
Germany: An amendment to the authorisation requirement for medical cannabis was published in the Federal Gazette. The amendment was previously approved by the German
India: In Himachal Pradesh, a state in the north of the country, a pilot project has been launched to explore cannabis cultivation. This
Panama: The minister of health, Fernando Boyd Galindo, has said that the implementation of the legal framework for medical cannabis could take place in
Thailand: Surachoke Tangwiwat, secretary-general of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), provided some details on the proposed regulation on cannabis extracts on Friday
India: The Punjab and Haryana High Court was told in a hearing on the issue of wild cannabis in the states of Punjab,
US - Federal: Vice-president Kamala Harris has unveiled her cannabis legalisation plan as part of her 2024 presidential campaign. Harris said that, if
Hungary: The government has notified via the EU TRIS notification system a bill that would include certain cannabinoids in the narcotics list, including hexahydrocannabihexol (HHCH),
Panama: A bill to regulate the production, marketing and export of hemp with a maximum of 1% THC was approved in the first debate. The bill will now
Germany: The first cannabis club in Lower Saxony has harvested its first 200 plants, and in two weeks the dried flowers will be distributed
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
Lithuania: Today, the Seimas (parliament) approved the amendments to the Fibre Hemp Law that would make it easier to import hemp products from other
Uruguay: A new, more potent cannabis variant, epsilon, will be sold in pharmacies beginning today, press reports. In September, the Institute for the Regulation
Italy: European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides responded on behalf of the European Commission (EC) to a parliamentary enquiry regarding the
EU: Today, the Council has adopted a new regulation on the classification, labelling, and packaging of chemical substances (CLP), updating the existing 2008 EU legislation. The
France: The government has presented the Social Security Financing Bill for 2025, and there are currently no amendments proposed to extend the medical cannabis
US - California: Governor Gavin Newsom has announced that a Los Angeles Superior Court judge rejected an attempt by industry stakeholders to block new California regulations banning ingestible hemp
Germany: According to a survey conducted by the YouGov Institute and published in the newspaper Der Spiegel, 55% of 2,100 respondents think that legalisation was
Global: International E-waste Day is celebrated today (14th October). The yearly awareness-raising day initiated by the WEEE Forum – an international association of organisations of
EU: The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has published a preliminary ruling confirming that states may prohibit the cultivation of hemp
