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US - Federal: Vice-president Kamala Harris has unveiled her cannabis legalisation plan as part of her 2024 presidential campaign. Harris said that, if
Hungary: The government has notified via the EU TRIS notification system a bill that would include certain cannabinoids in the narcotics list, including hexahydrocannabihexol (HHCH),
Panama: A bill to regulate the production, marketing and export of hemp with a maximum of 1% THC was approved in the first debate. The bill will now
Germany: The first cannabis club in Lower Saxony has harvested its first 200 plants, and in two weeks the dried flowers will be distributed
Belgium: The Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety, and the Environment has updated its positive list of notified herbal products for smoking, which
Lithuania: Today, the Seimas (parliament) approved the amendments to the Fibre Hemp Law that would make it easier to import hemp products from other
Uruguay: A new, more potent cannabis variant, epsilon, will be sold in pharmacies beginning today, press reports. In September, the Institute for the Regulation
Italy: European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides responded on behalf of the European Commission (EC) to a parliamentary enquiry regarding the
EU: Today, the Council has adopted a new regulation on the classification, labelling, and packaging of chemical substances (CLP), updating the existing 2008 EU legislation. The
France: The government has presented the Social Security Financing Bill for 2025, and there are currently no amendments proposed to extend the medical cannabis
US - California: Governor Gavin Newsom has announced that a Los Angeles Superior Court judge rejected an attempt by industry stakeholders to block new California regulations banning ingestible hemp
Germany: According to a survey conducted by the YouGov Institute and published in the newspaper Der Spiegel, 55% of 2,100 respondents think that legalisation was
Global: International E-waste Day is celebrated today (14th October). The yearly awareness-raising day initiated by the WEEE Forum – an international association of organisations of
EU: The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has published a preliminary ruling confirming that states may prohibit the cultivation of hemp
Costa Rica: The government has introduced an amendment to law 10066, which regulates e-cigarettes with and without nicotine and heated tobacco. The proposed
US - New Jersey: A New Jersey Federal District Court entered an order largely granting a request to invalidate New Jersey’s recent amendments to its hemp laws,
Thailand: A proposal by the Ministry of Public Health that would regulate the possession, sale, import and export of cannabis extracts has been approved
Czech Republic: The Senate has passed the proposal to regulate hemp extracts with HHC and with a THC content of up to 1%, among other
Ukraine: The Ministry of Health reports that businesses which already have a valid drug licence can start working with medical cannabis. First they must register
US - Tennessee: The Tennessee Department of Agriculture has published final rules on hemp products that will make one popular hemp product illegal at
Malta: The chief executive officer of the Authority for the Responsible Use of Cannabis (ARUC), Joey Reno Vella, has said in an interview
Panama: A bill to regulate the production, marketing and export of hemp with a maximum of 1% THC was discussed in the first debate in the
Lithuania: Yesterday, 2nd October, the Rural Affairs Committee of the Seimas (parliament) approved the amendments to the Fibre Hemp Law that would make it
Germany: According to the Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food (BLE), industrial hemp cultivation reached a record high of 7,116 hectares in 2024, an increase
Ukraine: As announced by deputy minister of health Maria Karchevych, pharmacies that will dispense cannabis-based medicine have begun registration in the electronic accounting
India: A Delhi-based startup, Awshad, has identified anxiety, insomnia, and mental endurance as major factors driving the demand for CBD in the country.
India: Indian member of Parliament (MP) Afzal Ansari has questioned the legality of cannabis in the country, citing its role in religious rituals,
Ukraine: The Cabinet of Ministers has updated the licensing conditions that regulate all stages of circulation of medical cannabis, the Ministry of Health reports. It
Spain: The Ministry of Health has published a draft bill on medical cannabis. The bill, following the recommendations from the Subcommittee on Medicinal Cannabis, regulates
Costa Rica: The Constitutional Court ordered the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock to regulate law 10113, which governs the
US - Federal: Vice-president Kamala Harris reiterated her support for legalising marijuana (cannabis with more than 0.3% delta-9 THC) for the first time
US - Arkansas: The Arkansas secretary of state has determined that a proposed ballot initiative to increase access to medical cannabis did not gain
US - California: Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law Assembly Bill (AB) 1775, which will allow localities to permit cannabis dispensaries to serve food and non-alcoholic
New Zealand: The dried cannabis flower for preparation of tea for oral consumption ANTG Duke has been verified by the Medicinal Cannabis Agency as meeting
Malta: The Drugs (Control) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 2024, amending the Drugs (Control) Regulations were published on 27th September to ban a list of
Germany: The German Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has reported an increased number of CBD foods, which are considered novel foods,
Austria: The far-right Freedom Party (FPO) has won the elections with 28.8% of the vote and will now have to form a coalition government. As
Ukraine: The Ministry of Health has published a list of diseases and conditions for which patients can be prescribed medical cannabis. These include chronic conditions
US - Kentucky: The Kentucky Office of Medical Cannabis has issued its first medical cannabis licence, press reports. The licence was awarded to a
US - Federal: The Cannabinoid Safety and Regulation Act (CSRA) has been introduced in the US Senate by senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley.
Germany: The Federal Cabinet has approved the draft law to liberalise the cultivation and handling of industrial hemp (Industrial Hemp Liberalisation Act, NLG). The bill would allow the
Lithuania: A supervisory board approved by the government has been created in the Department of Drug, Tobacco and Alcohol Control (NTAKD), media reports.
Germany: Bavarian health minister Judith Gerlach of the opposition Christian Social Union is calling on the German government to abandon its plan to create
Czech Republic: The Ministry of Justice has sent the government a proposed amendment to the criminal legal framework that aims to partially legalise
US - California: A ban on ingestible hemp products with any detectable amount of THC was approved by the Office of Administrative Law
France: The new prime minister, Michel Barnier, has released the composition of his government, mostly from Les Républicains (the conservative-leaning party of the
Slovakia: President Peter Pellegrini has signed a bill to add HHC, hexahydrocannabiphorol (HHCP) and hexahydrocannabinol acetate (HHCO) to the list of narcotic substances, media reports.
Japan: The government has released guidance on THC limits for CBD products following a public consultation launched in May of this year. Despite the fact
US - Missouri: The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) will not designate any more intoxicating hemp-derived cannabinoid (IHDC) products as adulterated, as ordered
Thailand: The Ministry of Public Health has issued a draft law to regulate cannabis that will be under public comment until 30th September. Under
