Laos: The Laos Department of Health has approved the use and production of hemp and hemp products, press reports. While plants may contain up to
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6th February 2023 - Mexico, North America |
Mexico: Senator Eva Eugenia Galaz Caletti has introduced a proposal in the Senate to regulate hemp. The proposal would allow hemp with less than 0.1%
US - Missouri: Recreational cannabis sales have begun in Missouri, press reports. Nearly all medical cannabis dispensaries applied to be allowed to sell recreational cannabis
Zimbabwe: The government has submitted the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Amendment Bill to Parliament, which, among other things, removes industrial hemp from the list of dangerous
France: The National Drug Safety Agency (ANSM) has updated the list of community pharmacies and healthcare establishments authorised to order and dispense medical
3rd February 2023 - Australasia, New Zealand |
New Zealand: Medleaf High THC Zour Apple, a dried cannabis flower to be used in the preparation of tea for oral consumption, has
US - Mississippi: House Bill (HB) 1158 was passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. HB 1158 would modify the state's medical cannabis
Estonia: The government has notified a bill to the EU Commission TRIS database that would include hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) in the list of drugs
US - Virginia: Senate Bill (SB) 788 was passed by the Senate and now moves to the House. SB 788 would make several changes
US - Washington DC: Mayor Muriel Bowser has signed Bill 24-0113 into law. The bill aims to increase access to medical cannabis by allowing
US - Mississippi: Senate Bill (SB) 2771, which would have removed cannabis from the controlled substances list, and House Bill (HB) 338, which would have
US - North Dakota: House Bill (HB) 1164 and HB 1202, both which would have allowed medical cannabis in the form of edibles, have been voted
1st February 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: Republican Representative Greg Steube has introduced a bill (HR610) in the House to reschedule cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III
Hong Kong: Hong Kong's ban on CBD takes effect today, 1st February. Possession of CBD will now be subject to criminal penalties, including up to seven
1st February 2023 - Brazil, South America |
1st February 2023 - World |
Global: The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) – the international body responsible for monitoring the international drug control conventions and for assisting member
US - California: The California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) has written to state attorney general Rob Bonta arguing that allowing California to enter
Ukraine: Mykhailo Radutskyi, chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on National Health, Medical Aid and Medical Insurance, told press yesterday that the number of
Monaco: An amendment to the narcotics list was issued last week to include synthetic cannabinoids 4f-MDMB-BICA, MDMB-4en-PINACA and Cumyl-pegaclone as scheduled substances, making them subject to the narcotics
Slovenia: An amendment to the narcotics list was issued last week to include several minor synthetic cannabinoids – including, for example, ADB-BUTINACA, ADB-4en-PINACA, ADB-5Br-INACA and
Iceland: An amendment to the narcotics list was issued last week to include hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) and THCO as controlled substances, making them subject to the narcotics
30th January 2023 - Europe, Switzerland |
Switzerland: The first recreational cannabis project has started today in the city of Basel. The project will sell cannabis in nine designated pharmacies for
Germany: Carmen Wegge, the spokesperson for the Social Democratic Party (SPD) – which is part of the government coalition – has told the
Germany: The Federal Constitutional Court (BVerfG) will decide by early summer whether the criminal possession of cannabis products is constitutional, press reports. This comes after
US - Mississippi: Medical cannabis sales have officially begun in Mississippi, press reports.
Japan: The Ministry of Health and Welfare has published a review of the Cannabis Control Law, proposing a limit of 0.2% THC in hemp,
27th January 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The US Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced that it will be issuing a free national weekly hemp
27th January 2023 - Mexico, North America |
Mexico: The congress for the state of Baja California approved an initiative to decriminalise cannabis for medical purposes, press reports. The measure is still dependent
27th January 2023 - Canada, North America |
Canada: Health Canada has asked some federally licensed cannabis companies to halt the sales of certain ingestible cannabis products that are incorrectly classified
27th January 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: In answer to an MP's question, the minister of state in the Home Office Chris Philp said that no specific assessment has been
Spain: The left-wing party Podemos, alongside regional parties ERC and Bildu, have submitted a proposal to regulate industrial hemp, press reports. This proposal
27th January 2023 - Europe, Switzerland |
Switzerland: The canton of Bern has spoken out against the pilot project to sell recreational cannabis in pharmacies. The cantonal government believes that "there
26th January 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a statement saying that it “has concluded that a new regulatory pathway for CBD is needed
Belgium: CannIntelligence asked the Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety, and Environment how the Ministry of Health justifies the ban on
US - South Dakota: The House passed House Bill (HB) 1053, and the bill now moves to the Senate. HB 1053 would prohibit issuing a
26th January 2023 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: After being rejected by several sectors of society, the Executive Branch has decided to present a new bill to legalise the
US - North Dakota: The Senate passed Senate Bill (SB) 2096, and the bill heads to the House. SB 2096 would revise the definition of
US - Washington, DC: The Council of the District of Columbia has passed Bill 24-0113, and it now goes to the mayor for final approval. The
US - Kansas: Democratic governor Laura Kelly urged the Republican-controlled legislature to legalise medical cannabis during her State of the State address, press reports. Although there
25th January 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published guidance for quality considerations for cannabis and cannabis-derived compounds in clinical research. The guidance
25th January 2023 - Asia, South Korea |
South Korea: The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety is planning to ban the use of terms "CBD" and "THC" on the labelling
France: The Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE) – a government and Parliament advisory body – adopted an opinion in favour of recreational
Ukraine: Ukrainian patients, veterans and human rights organisations have appealed to MPs to adopt Bill 7457 on the legalisation of medicinal cannabis, media
24th January 2023 - Europe, Netherlands |
Netherlands: The mayors of Breda and Tilburg expect a decision in February on their pleas to allow coffee shops in their municipalities to sell
US - Missouri: The Missouri Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued proposed rules on recreational cannabis that will take effect on
23rd January 2023 - Mexico, North America |
Mexico: The president of the Board of Directors of the Senate, Alejandro Armenta, has told media that cannabis and hemp reform would be addressed in the
23rd January 2023 - Argentina, South America |
Argentina: The government today issued a decree launching the Regulatory Agency for the Hemp and Medicinal Cannabis Industry (Ariccame), responsible for issuing regulations and permits for