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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
US - Virginia: Senate Bills 1090 and 1533 were passed by the Senate and now head to the House. SB 1090 would increase the number of
US - Virginia: House Bill 1881 was passed by the House 52-47 and now moves to the Senate. It would cap registration or renewal fees
US - Virginia: House Bill 2428 was passed unanimously by the House and now heads to the Senate. It would make it a misdemeanour
US - Virginia: House Bill 2294 was passed by the House by a vote of 91-7 and now heads to the Senate. It would make
US - Virginia: House Bill 1846 was passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. It would amend the state’s medical cannabis
US - Wyoming: House Bill 137, which would have prohibited sales or giving of CBD products to anyone under 21, failed in committee.
Austria: The opposition liberal party NEOS has put forward a motion asking the federal government to specifically include hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) in the New Psychoactive Substances Ordinance. It says: “While a reform of
Costa Rica: Following the Executive Branch’s controversial decision to present a bill to legalise the sale of recreational cannabis, the Ministry of Health has proposed
US - South Dakota: House Bill 1150 has been passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. The bill would waive a medical
US - Utah: Senate Bill 91 has been passed by the Senate and now heads to the House. It would amend the state’s medical cannabis laws
US - federal: A federal district judge in Oklahoma has ruled that a provision in federal law prohibiting users of controlled substances from possessing firearms –
Laos: The Laos Department of Health has approved the use and production of hemp and hemp products, press reports. While plants may contain up to
Mexico: Senator Eva Eugenia Galaz Caletti has introduced a proposal in the Senate to regulate hemp. The proposal would allow hemp with less than 0.1%
US - Missouri: Recreational cannabis sales have begun in Missouri, press reports. Nearly all medical cannabis dispensaries applied to be allowed to sell recreational cannabis
Zimbabwe: The government has submitted the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Amendment Bill to Parliament, which, among other things, removes industrial hemp from the list of dangerous
France: The National Drug Safety Agency (ANSM) has updated the list of community pharmacies and healthcare establishments authorised to order and dispense medical
New Zealand: Medleaf High THC Zour Apple, a dried cannabis flower to be used in the preparation of tea for oral consumption, has
US - Mississippi: House Bill (HB) 1158 was passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. HB 1158 would modify the state's medical cannabis
Estonia: The government has notified a bill to the EU Commission TRIS database that would include hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) in the list of drugs
US - Virginia: Senate Bill (SB) 788 was passed by the Senate and now moves to the House. SB 788 would make several changes
US - Washington DC: Mayor Muriel Bowser has signed Bill 24-0113 into law. The bill aims to increase access to medical cannabis by allowing
US - Mississippi: Senate Bill (SB) 2771, which would have removed cannabis from the controlled substances list, and House Bill (HB) 338, which would have
US - North Dakota: House Bill (HB) 1164 and HB 1202, both which would have allowed medical cannabis in the form of edibles, have been voted
US - Federal: Republican Representative Greg Steube has introduced a bill (HR610) in the House to reschedule cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III
Hong Kong: Hong Kong's ban on CBD takes effect today, 1st February. Possession of CBD will now be subject to criminal penalties, including up to seven
Global: The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) – the international body responsible for monitoring the international drug control conventions and for assisting member
US - California: The California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) has written to state attorney general Rob Bonta arguing that allowing California to enter
Ukraine: Mykhailo Radutskyi, chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on National Health, Medical Aid and Medical Insurance, told press yesterday that the number of
Monaco: An amendment to the narcotics list was issued last week to include synthetic cannabinoids 4f-MDMB-BICA, MDMB-4en-PINACA and Cumyl-pegaclone as scheduled substances, making them subject to the narcotics
Slovenia: An amendment to the narcotics list was issued last week to include several minor synthetic cannabinoids – including, for example, ADB-BUTINACA, ADB-4en-PINACA, ADB-5Br-INACA and
Iceland: An amendment to the narcotics list was issued last week to include hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) and THCO as controlled substances, making them subject to the narcotics
Switzerland: The first recreational cannabis project has started today in the city of Basel. The project will sell cannabis in nine designated pharmacies for
Germany: Carmen Wegge, the spokesperson for the Social Democratic Party (SPD) – which is part of the government coalition – has told the
Germany: The Federal Constitutional Court (BVerfG) will decide by early summer whether the criminal possession of cannabis products is constitutional, press reports. This comes after
US - Mississippi: Medical cannabis sales have officially begun in Mississippi, press reports.
