LATEST ALERTSEU: The Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products (HMPC) of the European Medicines Agency published a Q&A on cannabis-derived medicinal products and the scope of EU herbal monographs for
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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
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US - Utah: Senate Bill 91, which was passed by the Senate last week, has been passed by the House with a minor amendment
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US - Virginia: Senate Bill 788 has been passed by the House and now heads to the governor for final approval. It proposes several
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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
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US - Virginia: House Bill 2428 has been passed unanimously by the Senate and now heads to the governor for approval. The bill would
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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Australia: The Legalise Cannabis party has introduced a proposal to allow patients prescribed with cannabis to drive, press reports. They say those who regularly
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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
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US - Virginia: Senate Bill 1133 has failed in a House committee after being passed by the Senate last week. It would have amended the
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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
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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
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US - Utah: Senate Bill 137, which has been passed by the Senate and now heads to the House, would modify the state’s medical
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US - federal: The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has confirmed that it considers THCO (also known as THC-O acetate) a Schedule I controlled
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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
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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
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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
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Malaysia: Prime minister Anwar Ibrahim has said that the government is awaiting the outcome of the Ministry of Health's research on the medicinal
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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 –
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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
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Netherlands: The local authority of Amsterdam is proposing to ban smoking cannabis on the street in the old city centre from mid-May. The
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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
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US - South Dakota: House Bill 1172, which would specify where medical assessments to obtain a medical cannabis certificate may take place, was passed by
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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
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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
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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
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South Africa: During the 2023 State of the Nation Address, president Cyril Ramaphosa recommitted to investing in the hemp and cannabis sector. "The
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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
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US - South Dakota: Senate Bill 1129 was passed by the Senate and now heads to the House. It would make additional requirements for
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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
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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
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US - Virginia: House Bill 2428 was passed unanimously by the House and now heads to the Senate. It would make it a misdemeanour
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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
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US - Virginia: House Bill 1846 was passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. It would amend the state’s medical cannabis
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US - Wyoming: House Bill 137, which would have prohibited sales or giving of CBD products to anyone under 21, failed in committee.
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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
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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
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US - South Dakota: House Bill 1150 has been passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. The bill would waive a medical
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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
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US - federal: A federal district judge in Oklahoma has ruled that a provision in federal law prohibiting users of controlled substances from possessing firearms –
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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
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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%
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US - Missouri: Recreational cannabis sales have begun in Missouri, press reports. Nearly all medical cannabis dispensaries applied to be allowed to sell recreational cannabis
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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
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France: The National Drug Safety Agency (ANSM) has updated the list of community pharmacies and healthcare establishments authorised to order and dispense medical
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New Zealand: Medleaf High THC Zour Apple, a dried cannabis flower to be used in the preparation of tea for oral consumption, has
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