LATEST ALERTS
US – South Dakota: House Bill 1053, which would prohibit written certification to obtain medical cannabis “to a patient who is pregnant or
US – South Dakota: Senate Bill 1 has been passed by the House in an amended version that must be reconciled with the
US - Georgia: House Bill 458 has passed the House and now moves to the Senate. Among other measures, it would establish licences
Morocco: Citizen co-op Coopérative Biocannat has announced that it has opened its laboratory for industrial, medical and paramedical uses of cannabis, reportedly becoming the
US - New York: The New York Cannabis Control Board and the Office of Cannabis Management have recently announced that they will increase the number
US - Oklahoma: State Question (SQ) 820, a ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis, will be voted on tomorrow, 7th March. SQ 820 would
US - Hawaii: House Bill 1359 has passed the House and now heads to the Senate. The bill would amend the state’s hemp laws in various ways,
US - Montana: Senate Bill 471 has passed the Senate and now heads to the House. The bill would make it illegal to sell or
US - Montana: House Bill 351 has passed the House, and now heads to the Senate. The bill would amend the state’s cannabis laws
Peru: The Ministry of Health has approved Resolution 004-2023 on the medicinal use of cannabis, which sets further conditions and licence requirements for
Italy: The Ministry of Defence has published the list of companies that have passed to phase 2 of the tender for the cultivation
Portugal: On Friday, 3rd March, the government published Decree 64/2023, which increased the THC cap for industrial hemp from 0.2% to 0.3%, as established
US - Arizona: Senate Bill 1466 has passed the Senate and now heads to the House. The bill would revise general provisions regarding
Washington: Senate Bill 5367 has passed the Senate and now heads to the House. The bill would amend definitions of certain terms, such
US - Washington: House Bill 1772 has passed the House and now heads to the Senate. The bill would prohibit the sale, manufacture,
Malta: The application process to establish cannabis harm-reduction associations (nonprofit organisations that will be allowed to grow cannabis and distribute it to their members)
EU: During the workshop on hemp held on 28th February by the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI), some members of the European Parliament (MEPs)
Mexico: The Mexican Cannabis Confederation for Medical Use (Concamed), a group of doctors, patients, government officials and activists who advocate for medical cannabis access,
US - North Carolina: Senate Bill 3, known as the North Carolina Compassionate Care Act, has passed the Senate and now heads to
US - West Virginia: Senate Bill 220, which would create the Hemp-derived Cannabinoid Regulation Act, has just passed the Senate and now heads
US - West Virginia: Senate Bill 546 has just passed the Senate and now heads to the House. It would add delta-8 and delta-10 THC, THCO, and “synthetic and non-naturally
US - South Dakota: House Bill 1150 has been passed by the Senate and now heads to the governor’s desk. HB 1150 would waive a medical cannabis patient’s fee
UK: The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has given notice through the Interactive Drug Analysis Profile, which provides an overview of spontaneous suspected adverse
Belgium: The Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment has updated its positive list of notified herbal products for smoking, which includes hemp
Germany: Bavaria’s health minister Klaus Holetscheck has presented a legal opinion on the federal government’s plan to legalise recreational cannabis, which he says contravenes
US - federal: Democrat representative Earl Blumenauer has started to pass around a sign-on letter demanding Biden Administration officials who are currently engaged in
Canada: Statistics Canada has for the first time published tax revenues from sales of recreational cannabis, which amounted to CAD1.55bn (USD1.14bn) from April 2021 to March
US - Wyoming: House Bill 108 has been signed by the governor and enacted into law. It will prohibit from 1st July the sale of vaping and
US - Tennessee: Senate Bill 1104, the Tennessee Medical Cannabis Act, has failed in the Senate. Had it passed it would have legalised the use
Spain: Spain is set to quadruple its production of medical cannabis this year, media reports. The Spanish Medicines and Medical Products Agency (AEMPS) forecasts that
US - South Dakota: House Bill 1209 has been passed by the Senate and now heads to the governor’s desk. It would revise provisions on industrial
US - New Jersey: Assembly Bill A3946 is headed for the governor’s desk after being passed by the Senate. It would allow cannabis businesses to
US - Virginia: Despite efforts to pass legislation that would establish recreational cannabis sales, the start of Virginia’s retail cannabis market appears to be
US - Iowa: The state Medical Cannabidiol Board has again rejected a petition from Bud and Mary, the only medical cannabis product manufacturer in
Austria: The Federal Ministry for Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection has notified the EU of a draft amendment to the Ordinance on New Psychoactive Substances in
Malta: The Authority for the Responsible Use of Cannabis is starting today to accept applications for the establishment of cannabis harm-reduction associations, nonprofit organisations that
Germany: Bavaria’s health minister Klaus Holetscheck will present a legal opinion tomorrow on the federal government’s plan to legalise recreational cannabis, which he opposes. “For medical reasons,
Lithuania: The State Food and Veterinary Service (VMVT) has held talks on the most common mistakes in the advertising of hemp-derived products, media
US - Virginia: After initially being passed over in the Senate, House Bill (HB) 2294 has been revived and reconciled between the House
US - Virginia: Senate Bill (SB) 1233 has passed both the Senate and the House, and now heads to the governor for final approval. SB 1233 would
US - Federal: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), a federal health agency, has issued a new advisory focused on the risks
Argentina: On 24th February, the president of the Regulatory Agency for the Hemp and Medicinal Cannabis Industry (Ariccame), Francisco José Echarren, said that
Netherlands: Ernst Kuipers, the minister of health, has announced that the state-controlled cannabis experiment in the municipalities of Tilburg and Breda can start
US - Utah: Senate Bill (SB) 137 was amended and passed by the House and must now be reconciled by the Senate before going
US - Wyoming: House Bill (HB) 108 was passed by the Senate and now heads to the governor for final approval. HB 108 would prohibit
Czech Republic: According to the State Agency for Cannabis for Medicinal Use (SAKL), the number of patients using medical cannabis increased by more
Thailand: A bill to regulate cannabis will not be passed during the current parliamentary session and will have to be addressed again in the
US - New Hampshire: Senate Bill 180 was passed by the Senate and now heads to the House. It would require a review and updating of
US - Virginia: Senate Bill 1533, which would allow an additional cultivation site for cannabis pharmaceutical processors in Health Service Area III, has been passed by
US - Virginia: House Bill 1846 was passed by the Senate, with the House agreeing to Senate amendments, and now heads to the
