LATEST ALERTS
Brazil: The Federal Council of Medicine, a regulatory agency that oversees and guides medical practice, has issued a resolution restricting the prescription of cannabidiol
Brazil: The National Public Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) announced in a webinar held yesterday (13th October) that it has started the process of reviewing
Argentina: The Ministry of Science and Technology yesterday announced the establishment of a national company to promote the development of medicinal cannabis and industrial hemp. The
Brazil: The National Public Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) will hold a webinar on Thursday 13th October to review the resolution which sets rules
Colombia: The Chamber of Representatives has approved the recreational cannabis bill on its first debate. The bill aims to regulate adult consumption of cannabis, enabling regions and municipalities
Brazil: None of the presidential candidates achieved the majority needed to win the election in the first round yesterday (2nd October). The second round,
Paraguay: Last week, the National Health Surveillance Directorate (Dinavisa) issued Resolution 309/2022, which substitutes Ministry of Health Resolution 433/2019 to update the conditions, requirements and procedure for obtaining a licence to
Brazil: The National Public Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has clarified that medical cannabis products cannot be sold through delivery services. Cannabis-derived products previously allowed
Colombia: Twenty-five members of the Chamber of Deputies have urged president Gustavo Petro in a letter to support the bill on recreational cannabis for
Paraguay: Members of the Senate Committee for the Prevention and Fight Against Drug Trafficking and Related Crimes held a meeting on 21st September with
Paraguay: Last week the Ministry of Health issued Decree 7761/2022, wherein the maximum number of companies allowed to be granted a licence to
Colombia: The Chamber of Deputies First Constitutional Committee was today set to discuss a bill that would modify the Constitution to decriminalise the use and possession of cannabis.
Uruguay: The National Drugs Board (JND) and the Ministry of the Interior are studying a plan to provide cannabis to prisoners, press reports. Currently, although cannabis
Argentina: The National Service for Agri-food Health and Quality (Senasa) yesterday published its Strategic Table for Medicinal Cannabis and Industrial Hemp, under which inspections and sanitary control
Argentina: The National Administration of Medicines, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT) yesterday published guidelines for licence applications to produce import, export and sell the new category of cannabis-based
Colombia: The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, is open to large-scale cannabis legalisation in the country, press reports. Petro said during a visit to
Guyana: The National Assembly has passed Industrial Hemp Bill 2022, which legalises hemp and hemp products, media reports. The bill allows for the cultivation and
Chile: The Senate Public Security Committee has approved modifications to a bill amending several laws, including Law 20,000 on Narcotics, that would allow the possession of up to five
Uruguay: The government is set to introduce a regulation under the Law on Access to Medical Cannabis, press reports. According to the authorities, it will
Colombia: A bill regulating recreational cannabis has been introduced in the Chamber of Deputies, press reports. The bill was introduced by Carlos Ardila, a representative
Paraguay: A First International Conference on Industrial Cannabis was held yesterday in the Bicameral Chamber of the National Congress, bringing together experts and legislators
Colombia: Colombia has for the first time authorised the use of cannabis for veterinary purposes, press reports. The Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) has granted
Uruguay: Far-right minority party Cabildo Abierto will next week propose the repeal of the law that legalised cannabis in 2013, press reports. Although president Luis Lacalle
Brazil: The Medicinal Cannabis Associations of Brazil have reacted strongly in opposition to a booklet issued by the Ministry of Citizenship on the risks of using
Argentina: On 12th July the Ministry of Health published guidelines on the sale of cannabis seeds, after National Seed Institute Resolution 260/2022 entered into
Brazil: The board of the National Public Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has unanimously approved the importation of cannabis in its raw form. The decision will allow
Argentina: Presidential spokesperson Gabriela Cerruti has called for the total decriminalisation of cannabis, including recreational cannabis. “No one should be criminalised for smoking a joint,”
Argentina: The Supreme Court yesterday turned down a claim that the requirement to join the state-approved Reprocann programme in order to grow cannabis for medicinal purposes
Argentina: National Seed Institute Resolution 260/2022 has come into force today. It lays down certain requirements for the commercialisation of registered varieties of Cannabis sativa
Argentina: Tomorrow, 2nd July 2022, is the end of the period to submit comments on rules regarding requirements to apply for a licence
Uruguay: Rodrigo Ferrés, president of the Drug Board and deputy secretary of the Presidency, has told media that proposals to allow the sale of recreational
Colombia: Changes are likely in the legal framework for both recreational and medical cannabis after Gustavo Petro won yesterday’s election second round, giving Colombia
Argentina: Today is the last day to submit comments to the National Administration of Drugs, Food and Medical Technology (Anmat) on the requirements to apply for a
Brazil: The Superior Court of Justice has authorised three patients to grow cannabis for their own medicinal use. The court emphasised that the authorities’ failure to
Chile: A group of parliamentarians within the ruling coalition said yesterday that they intend to present a bill to Parliament to legalise recreational cannabis, press
Argentina: The National Administration of Drugs, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT) is inviting public comments on the requirement to apply for a licence for the production, import, export and
Uruguay: Senator Eduardo Antonini of the opposition party Frente Amplio, vice-chair of the Tourism Committee, has introduced a bill to allow tourists access to recreational
Brazil: The Superior Court of Justice has ruled that private health insurance companies are not obliged to cover treatments and medicine products that do not appear on the
Paraguay: On 6th June, the Commission on Prevention, Fight against Drug Trafficking and Related Crimes of the Senate debated a bill proposed in June 2021 seeking to
Paraguay: The National Health Surveillance Directorate (DINAVISA) stated on 4th June that only patients suffering from refractory epilepsy or multiple sclerosis are eligible to be registered
Argentina: Yesterday, 6th June, the minister of productive development Matias Kulfas – author and firm advocate of the recently enacted Law 27,669 establishing a regulatory
Brazil: The Superior Court of Justice confirmed the right of the non-profit organisation Abrace Esperança to cultivate cannabis for medicinal purposes. According to the court, it
Peru: The Ministry of Health has published a draft bill on the medicinal use of cannabis. The bill is now subject to a public consultation period,
Colombia: On 29th May, presidential elections took place in Colombia. Since none of the candidates managed to achieve at least 50% of the
Uruguay: President Luis Lacalle Pou said that he does not believe the government should participate in the cannabis trade but rather that these activities
Paraguay: The Interinstitutional Commission on Industrial Hemp (COINCA) told CBD-Intel that the licence to process the hemp plant in order to obtain non-psychoactive
Argentina: The bill establishing a regulatory framework for medical cannabis and industrial hemp was published today (26th May) in the Official Gazette, entering into force.
Colombia: The Ministry of Justice will hold the International Forum on Medical, Research and Industrial Cannabis, press reports. The forum, to be held
