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Bulgaria: The Ministry of Economy and Industry has notified a bill to the European Commission's TRIS database which allows cultivation and processing of industrial hemp
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9th June 2023 - Canada, North America |
Canada: Health Canada has updated the list of industrial hemp varieties approved for commercial production in 2023. The 2023 list includes the addition
Malta: At a press conference held yesterday, the CEO of the Authority for the Responsible Use of Cannabis (ARUC), Leonid Mckay, said that
US – Minnesota: House Bill 100, due to come into effect on 1st August, legalises high-producing delta-8 and delta-9 THC derived from industrial hemp, allowing
US - Colorado: Governor Jared Polis has signed Senate Bill 23-271 into law, establishing a comprehensive regulatory framework for the production, distribution, and sale
7th June 2023 - North America, United States |
US - federal: A group of prominent cannabis companies and advocacy organisations have set up a Coalition for Cannabis Scheduling Reform (CCSR), aimed at
7th June 2023 - North America, United States |
US - federal: Democrat representatives Dina Titus of Nevada and Joe Neguse of Colorado have introduced the Higher Education Marijuana Research Act, which would create
France: Senator Gilbert-Luc Devinaz of the Socialist, Ecologist and Republican group has introduced a bill to regulate recreational cannabis and cannabis-derived products as a state monopoly.
Slovenia: Rules amending the Regulation on the conditions for obtaining a permit for the cultivation of hemp have been published in the Official Gazette, increasing the maximum
Lithuania: The Central Election Commission has refused to register a civic initiative calling for a referendum to reject cannabis decriminalisation bills that are
Hungary: The government has today notified via the EU TRIS system a bill to include HHC, HHC-O and HHC-P on the narcotics list.
US - Kansas: Governor Laura Kelly has said she will not exercise her executive powers to allow for medical cannabis possession or its decriminalisation
6th June 2023 - Central America, Panama |
Panama: The country has this week called for expressions of interest from companies wishing to obtain a licence to manufacture medicinal cannabis derivatives,the
6th June 2023 - Europe |
EU: The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) yesterday published its report Cannabis laws in Europe: questions and answers for policymaking. The report
6th June 2023 - Europe |
EU: The European Commission has revised the entry for Cannabis sativa L. in the Novel Food Catalogue. The modification involves the inclusion of hemp leaves, specifically
Lithuania: The Central Election Commission has received public appeals for a referendum on the issue of cannabis decriminalisation, media reports.
2nd June 2023 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The Federal Supreme Court has postponed the ruling on the decriminalisation of drug possession for personal use, and no date has been set for when
2nd June 2023 - Europe |
EU: French MEP Aurélia Beigneux has submitted a parliamentary question to the European Commission raising concerns over the fact that hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) is "currently flooding our continent because of
1st June 2023 - North America, United States |
US – federal: Representatives Matt Rosendale (Montana Republican) and Chrissy Houlahan (Pennsylvania Democrat) have introduced HR 3755, the Industrial Hemp Act, a House companion
US - Nevada: Senate Bill 277 has been passed by the Senate and now heads to the House. The bill aims to ease adult-use cannabis regulations
US - Oklahoma: Senate Bill 813 has been signed into law by governor Kevin Stitt, allowing the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority to operate a quality
US - California: Assembly Bill 374, which would allow local jurisdictions to permit cannabis retailers or micro-businesses to engage in other business activities on
US - California: Assembly Bill 420 has been passed by the Assembly and now heads to the Senate. It would make clear that the Medicinal
1st June 2023 - Colombia, South America |
Colombia: The Senate has postponed until Monday 5th June a debate and vote on a bill to amend the constitution to enable the consumption and
US - Colorado: House Bill 23-1279 has been signed by governor Jared Polis into law. It allows licensed cannabis retailers to accept online payment
1st June 2023 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: Health minister Vlastimil Válek does not share the confidence shown by national anti-drug coordinator Jindřich Vobořil that the bill to legalise
Thailand: Thailand’s Cannabis Future Network is urging alliance parties (Move Forward Party, Pheu Thai Party, Prachachart Party) to avoid reinstating cannabis as a
31st May 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: In response to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s recent webinar on CBD regulation, the US Hemp Roundtable wrote to congressional
US - Minnesota: Minnesota has become the 23rd state to legalise adult-use cannabis. Governor Tim Walz signed House File 100 into law, allowing individuals
30th May 2023 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: National anti-drug co-ordinator Jindřich Vobořil told the Cannabis Summit in Prague at the weekend that the government intends to move forward with its plans
30th May 2023 - North America, United States |
US - federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expressed a preference for a harm reduction approach to products containing CBD,
Malta: Following feedback obtained in its stakeholder consultation, the Authority for the Responsible Use of Cannabis has updated some of the regulatory framework
Turkey: The re-election of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to a third term as president, while the People’s Alliance led by his Justice and Development
29th May 2023 - Canada, North America |
Canada: The Competition Bureau presented its submission to Health Canada and the Expert Panel in response to their legislative review of the Cannabis Act. The
Sweden: The Public Health Agency has proposed that the government should classify hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) and hexahydrocannabiphorol (HHCP) as narcotics. HHC and HHCP, currently
Spain: Yesterday's local and regional elections resulted in a setback for the ruling Socialist Party, and today president Pedro Sánchez announced that parliamentary
US - New York: The New York Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) is developing a pilot programme for cannabis farmers' markets, aimed at
US - Maryland: State officials have unveiled draft regulations for the state's adult-use cannabis market, scheduled to begin on 1st July following the enactment
Spain: The Spanish Pain Society (SED) is urging the government to regulate medical cannabis, press reports. Experts at the SED's XIX National Congress
US - Minnesota: Governor Tim Walz has signed significant bills that will establish a psychedelics task force and allow for safe drug consumption
US - Nevada: The Nevada Legislature has passed a resolution urging Congress to legalise cannabis on a federal level. The Assembly Joint Resolution 8
US - California: Assembly Bill 1207 has been passed by the Assembly and now heads to the Senate. The bill aims to regulate the
26th May 2023 - Chile, South America |
Chile: The bill allowing home growing of cannabis for medicinal purposes under prescription, signed into law by president Boric on 9th May, was published in the
US – Colorado: Governor Jared Polis has signed a bill establishing a regulatory framework for the legalisation of psychedelic “natural medicines”. Senate Bill 23-290 follows the
25th May 2023 - Africa, South Africa |
South Africa: The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services has concluded a two-day public hearing on proposed amendments to the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill. Stakeholders
Denmark: An executive order has already come into force, adding HHC to the list of banned euphoric substances.
Germany: Following the example of his opposite number in Bavaria in criticising the federal plan to legalise recreational cannabis, North Rhine-Westphalia’s health minister Karl-Josef Laumann
Belgium: British American Tobacco (BAT) is to take a challenge to Belgium’s top administrative court, the Council of State, against the royal decree banning nicotine- and cannabinoid-containing
24th May 2023 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: National anti-drug coordinator Jindřich Vobořil said yesterday that CBD and HHC should not be banned, but specifically regulated in a similar
