LATEST ALERTS
US - Federal: Representatives Dave Joyce (Republican of Ohio) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Democrat of New York) have reintroduced the Harnessing Opportunities by Pursuing
US - Tennessee: Senate Bill (SB) 378 has been passed by the Senate and now heads to the House. The bill would strengthen the
US - Arkansas: Senate Bill (SB) 358 has been signed by the governor and enacted into law. What is now Act 629 bans
US - Federal: Representative Earl Blumenauer has reintroduced the Small Business Tax Equity Act, which would allow federal tax deductions on cannabis sales
US - New Jersey: The board of the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC) has changed its position on the renewal of Curaleaf’s adult-use cannabis licences,
US - Colorado: House Bill 23-1279 has been passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. It would allow licensed cannabis retailers
EU: The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has released its technical report on hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) and other semi-synthetic cannabinoids in Europe.
Canada - Quebec: The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Quebec’s ban on the possession and cultivation of cannabis plants for personal purposes is constitutional.
US - New Jersey: The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission’s (CRC) board has denied the renewal of Curaleaf’s cultivation and retail licences for adult-use cannabis.
US - Alabama: The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) has advanced 90 business applications for a review and scoring process that is scheduled
US - Virginia: Senate Bill (SB) 788 has been signed by the governor and enacted into law. SB 788 proposes several changes to the medical
US - Virginia: House Bill (HB) 2368 has been signed by the governor and enacted into law. HB 2368 will strengthen regulations on labelling,
US - Washington state: Senate Bill (SB) 5069 has been passed by the Senate, with minor amendments made by the House, and now heads
US - Federal: Representatives Dave Joyce (Republican of Ohio) and Hakeem Jeffries (Democrat of New York) reintroduced bipartisan legislation called the Preparing Regulators
Sweden: The Public Health Agency has added H4-CBD, a hydrogenated version of CBD, to the list of substances under investigation, while hexahydrocannabinol (HHC)
Mexico: The Federal Commission for the Protection against Public Health Risks (Cofepris) has stated that legal action will be taken to revoke the 63
Luxembourg: Following Germany’s recent announcement on legalising cannabis, Luxembourg's minister of health, Paulette Lenert, expressed optimism for the country's plans to legalise adult-use
US - Virginia: Senate Bill (SB) 903 has been signed by the governor and enacted into law. The bill will amend the state's hemp
US - Virginia: Senate Bill (SB) 1533 has been signed by the governor and enacted into law. SB 1533 will allow an additional cultivation site for cannabis
US - Virginia: Senate Bill (SB) 1337 has been signed by the governor and enacted into law. SB 1337 will amend the state's medical cannabis laws
US - Hawaii: During her confirmation hearing before the state senate, attorney general-nominee Anne Lopez said that her office would not oppose recreational cannabis
Czech Republic: The National Anti-Drug Headquarters (a police department) together with the Ministry of Defense and customs officials have proposed to include hexahydrocannabinol
US - Washington state: Senate Bill 5069 has been passed with a minor amendment by the House which now awaits Senate approval before the
US - New York: Applications have been opened for Cannabinoid Hemp Farm Processor Licences and Temporary Retail Permits by the Office of Cannabis
US - Connecticut: A joint enforcement action by attorney general William Tong and the Stamford Police has led to thousands of illegal products
US - North Dakota: Senate Bill 2388 has been signed by governor Doug Burgum and enacted into law. This means that medical cannabis patients who
US - Virginia: House Bill 1846 has been enacted into law, after both chambers of the General Assembly accepted governor Glenn Youngkin’s recommendation. Among
US - Washington state: House Bill 1772, which would prohibit the sale, manufacture or public serving of so-called cannabis cocktails – products that combine
Austria: Christian Stocker, general secretary of the governing People’s Party, has said the party is firmly against the idea of following Germany’s example in
US – Arkansas: House Bill 1784 has been signed into law by governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders. It protects qualified medical cannabis patients and their
Mexico: President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has said 63 licences to distribute cannabis-based products that were issued by the Federal Commission for the Protection against
Germany: The Health Ministry has presented new key points for the cannabis legalisation project. In phase one, non-profit cannabis clubs will be allowed to grow
US - Texas: House Bill 1805 has passed the House and now heads to the Senate. It would broaden access to the state Compassionate
Netherlands: All ten growers in the Closed Coffee Shop Chain experiment have been selected and instructed, media reports. The first phase of the
US - New Mexico: House Bill 314 has been signed into law by governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, strengthening the effectiveness of automatic expungements for
US – Maryland: House Bill 556 and Senate Bill 516 have both been passed by the legislature and are now heading to the governor’s desk. The proposed
US – North Dakota: Senate Bill 2388 has been reconciled and now heads to the governor’s desk. The bill would allow medical cannabis patients and caregivers who
US – Arkansas: House Bill 1784 has passed the Senate and now heads to the governor’s desk. It would protect qualified medical cannabis patients
US – Arkansas: Senate Bill 358 has passed the legislature and now moves to the governor’s desk. It would ban the production and sale
Argentina: A regulation further developing Law 27.669, approved in May 2022, to set up a comprehensive regulatory framework for industrial hemp and medical cannabis, has been approved by the
South Africa: The Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services has opened the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill for public comments. The bill was
US - Arkansas: House Bill (HB) 1784 has passed the House and now heads to the Senate. HB 1784 would protect qualified medical
US - Federal: The administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has emitted a temporary scheduling order (TSO) to add the following six
Poland: Polish authorities have informed the European Commission (EC) through the TRIS database that the country intends to add HHC-O (hexahydrocannabinol acetate), a synthetic cannabinoid
Czech Republic: Yesterday, the government approved the 2023-2025 Addiction Policy Action Plan setting topics that the country should prioritise in this period, media
US - Montana: House Bill 948 has passed the House and now heads to the Senate. Among other provisions, it would ban the manufacture and
US - Alabama: Senate Bill 66 has passed the Senate and now heads to the House. It would ban the sale, distribution, marketing, or possession
US - Maryland: Senate Bill 516, which would establish a legal framework and tax structure to enable the adult-use cannabis market, has passed the Senate
US - Montana: House Bill 669, which would allocate nearly all cannabis tax revenues into the general fund, has passed the House and now heads to
US - Montana: House Bill 128, which would clarify regulations and penalties concerning the sale of medical and adult-use cannabis, has passed the House and
