LATEST ALERTS
US - Virginia: Senate Bill 1337 has gone to the governor for final approval after senators agreed to House amendments. The bill would
US - New Hampshire: House Bill 639 was passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. It would legalise recreational cannabis in
India: Chief parliamentary secretary Sunder Singh Thakur said yesterday that the state government of Himachal Pradesh was working to legalise the cultivation of cannabis
Netherlands: Amsterdam wants to participate in the regulated closed coffee shop chain experiment, which has faced numerous delays over the last few years,
US - South Dakota: House Bill 1226, which has been passed by the House and now heads to the Senate, would require the Department
EU: The European Medicines Agency’s Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products (HMPC) last week issued a call for scientific data on cannabis flowers, which it may use in setting
Philippines: Former House speaker Pantaleon Alvarez of the minority Party for Democratic Reform has filed a bill in the House of Representatives to remove cannabis and its derivatives
Lithuania: Vice-chairman Jurgis Razma says the Seimas (parliament) will decide on a recommendation by the Ethics and Procedures Commission to hold another vote
US - Arizona: Senate Bill 1271, which would make minor revisions to the state’s hemp law, has been passed by the Senate and now
Thailand: The Democrat Party, a member of the government coalition that currently holds 51 of 500 seats in the House of Representatives, is vowing to
Spain: Tomorrow, 21st February, a bill on both medical and recreational cannabis – introduced by the regional ERC (Republican Left of Catalonia) party
US - Utah: The Senate amended and passed House Bill (HB) 72, so the Senate amendments must now be approved by the House. HB 72 would make various amendments to the state's
US - Virginia: Senate Bill (SB) 903 was amended and passed by the House, so the House amendments must now be approved by the Senate. Both versions
Brazil: The Federal Court of Florianópolis, a city in the south of the country, has granted judicial authorisation to a patient association for
Ukraine: The parliamentary Committee on the Health of the Nation, Medical Care and Health Insurance has considered bill 7457 on the use of
UK: The CBD Flower Shop is in the process of challenging the HMRC VAT assessment of £430,473.36 based on the view that its
Germany: The Federal Joint Committee, the highest decision-making body of the German healthcare system, has published its work programme for 2023. The authority expects
US - Utah: Senate Bill 91, which was passed by the Senate last week, has been passed by the House with a minor amendment
US - Virginia: Senate Bill 788 has been passed by the House and now heads to the governor for final approval. It proposes several
US - Virginia: House Bill 2294 has failed in the Senate after being passed by the House last week. It would have made significant changes to
US - Virginia: House Bill 2428 has been passed unanimously by the Senate and now heads to the governor for approval. The bill would
US - Louisiana: Governor John Bel Edwards says the state will start to crack down on hemp-derived THC products, press reports. “I’m not one who
Vanuatu: The government has approved the regulations for the Medical Cannabis and Industrial Hemp Act, press reports. Cultivation would be allowed only for export purposes,
Hungary: The European Commission has referred Hungary to the Court of Justice of the European Union for opposing the EU position on the World Health Organization
Germany: The federal government has approved an amendment to the Narcotics Act to raise the THC limit in industrial hemp from 0.2% to 0.3%. The
Australia: The Legalise Cannabis party has introduced a proposal to allow patients prescribed with cannabis to drive, press reports. They say those who regularly
Italy: The Lazio Administrative Tribunal (TAR) has annulled the Decree on Officinal Plants, which came into force in May 2022, subjecting hemp flower and leaf extraction to
US - Virginia: Senate Bill 1133 has failed in a House committee after being passed by the Senate last week. It would have amended the
US - Oregon: The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC) has expanded a recall on cannabis vaping products for containing artificially-derived CBN and synthetic CBC. The
US - South Dakota: House Bill 1209 has been passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. It would require containers holding in-process hemp
US - Utah: Senate Bill 137, which has been passed by the Senate and now heads to the House, would modify the state’s medical
US - federal: The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has confirmed that it considers THCO (also known as THC-O acetate) a Schedule I controlled
Germany: The opposition CDU/CSU has submitted a motion to the Bundestag calling for improved supply of medical cannabis. The motion demands appropriate measures to
EU: The Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG-Grow) told CannIntelligence that the publication of the non-paper on the status of cannabis-derived
EU: The Novel Food and Toxicological Safety Committee – a subcommittee of the European Commission’s Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (ScoPAFF) – will
Malaysia: Prime minister Anwar Ibrahim has said that the government is awaiting the outcome of the Ministry of Health's research on the medicinal
Malta: The Authority for the Responsible Use of Cannabis (ARUC) published official guidelines last week about the licensing process to establish nonprofit cannabis clubs –
US - North Dakota: Senate Bill (SB) 2388 was passed by the Senate and now heads to the House. SB 2388 would allow medical cannabis patients
Netherlands: The local authority of Amsterdam is proposing to ban smoking cannabis on the street in the old city centre from mid-May. The
US - Connecticut: Connecticut attorney general William Tong has sued five retailers for selling delta-8 THC products "mimicking popular youth-oriented snacks and candies". Tong
US - South Dakota: House Bill 1172, which would specify where medical assessments to obtain a medical cannabis certificate may take place, was passed by
US - Virginia: Senate Bill (SB) 903 was passed by the Senate and now heads to the House. SB 903 would amend the state's hemp
US - Virginia: Senate Bill (SB) 1337 was passed by the Senate and now heads to the House. SB 1337 would amend the state's medical
US - New Jersey: The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission approved amendments to its cannabis regulations that will allow a cap on cultivation licences to expire
South Africa: During the 2023 State of the Nation Address, president Cyril Ramaphosa recommitted to investing in the hemp and cannabis sector. "The
US - New York City: As legal recreational cannabis dispensaries are opening in New York, New York City mayor Eric Adams and Manhattan district attorney Alvin
US - South Dakota: Senate Bill 1129 was passed by the Senate and now heads to the House. It would make additional requirements for
