LATEST ALERTSGreece: The State General Chemistry Directorate has recently issued Circular 30/003/000/4434 to notify and inform authorities and all business operators of Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1393, issued in August 2022 to
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Germany: After asking the EU Commission to veto the recreational cannabis legalisation plans, Bavaria's health minister Klaus Holetschek – from the opposition party
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Brazil: The National Public Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has authorised cannabis cultivation for scientific research purposes. The authorisation was granted to a university
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US - New Mexico: The New Mexico Department of Health has announced that it has accepted the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board's recommendation to add anxiety disorder to the
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France: The highest administrative court in France, the Council of State, ruled on the legitimacy of Article 1.II of the Decree of 30th
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Thailand: The Public Health Ministry will enact a series of measures to license, control, and track sales of cannabis flower beginning in January,
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Canada: Three former CannTrust executives have been acquitted of fraud and related charges after the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) accused them of unlicensed
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Argentina: The National Food Commission held a meeting yesterday, chaired by health minister Carla Vizzotti, to explore the possible inclusion of parts, subproducts and derivatives
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Colombia: Bill 002/2022 is expected to be passed within a few months, amending the constitution to legalise recreational cannabis, after the Chamber of Deputies yesterday
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France: The highest administrative court in France, the Council of State, was due to rule today on the legitimacy of the Decree of 30th December
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Colombia: The Ministry of Health and Social Protection is proposing to add medical cannabis to the list of publicly funded medicines, media reports. The resolution, currently
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Philippines: At a hearing on the Medical Cannabis Compassionate Bill, some senators expressed concerns about the legalisation of medical cannabis, arguing that it could lead to abuses
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Australia: The number of representatives in the Victoria state upper house who support the legalisation of recreational cannabis has increased following election results
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EU: The Council of the European Union has released an Outcome of Proceedings including its conclusions on a human rights-based approach in drug policies. The document would
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Italy: A number of deputies from left-wing opposition parties have presented an amendment to the 2023 Budget Bill that aims to legalise recreational cannabis under a state
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Iceland: An amendment to regulation no. 233/2001 has been published in the Official Gazette, adding synthetic cannabinoid BZO-4en-POXIZID to the list of addictive and other
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Slovenia: In answer to a parliamentary question on its attitude to recreational cannabis, the Ministry of Health said legalisation elsewhere had led to an increase in hospitalisations due
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Hungary: The government has issued an amendment to the list of psychoactive substances to include ADB-4en-P-5Br-INACA, a a composite of synthetic cannabinoids ADB-4en-PINACA and ADB-5’Br-BUTINACA.
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Uruguay: A new cannabis variant, with up to 15% THC – three times the level in the two currently available varieties – will become
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Colombia: An opinion poll has found 65.2% of Colombians oppose the legalisation of recreational cannabis, press reports. The survey by GAD3 found 21% were in favour
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US - New York: The New York Office of Cannabis Management has issued guidance on cannabis delivery for approved Conditional Adult Use Retail Dispensaries (CAURD) which allow
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US - Connecticut: The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection has announced that the first legal recreational cannabis sales will begin on 10th January 2023. Nine
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Canada: Health Canada has announced that it approved amendments to the Cannabis Act that affect cannabis research and the legal limit for possessing cannabis-containing beverages.
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Germany: In an answer to a parliamentary question from the opposition Christian Social Union (CSU) politician Stephan Pilsinger, press reports that health minister
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Russia: American basketball player Brittney Griner was released from a Russian prison last week, media reports. She was exchanged for imprisoned Russian arms
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EU: On 9th December, the Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional political agreement on the new battery regulation. The new regulation
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Switzerland: After delaying the start of the pilot project to sell recreational cannabis in pharmacies for not meeting the quality standards stipulated in the Narcotics
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Colombia: The Senate has approved Bill 002/2022 at its second reading by 56 votes to three. The bill, which aims to amend the constitution to legalise
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Morocco: Mohammed El-Krouj, director general of the National Agency for the Regulation of Cannabis Activities, told press that the agency intends to embark
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US - federal: The Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act (HR 1996) was not included in the Senate version of the National Defense
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US - Minnesota: State regulators are suing a producer of cannabis products for allegedly violating Minnesota’s maximum level of THC that edible products can contain. Under
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Brazil: The National Public Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has authorised the importation, distribution and sale of two new CBD oils: Canabidiol Hearst 200
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Costa Rica: The Ministry of Health has published guidelines on the procedure for requesting the authorisation necessary to manufacture, store, transport, use, distribute
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Netherlands: Ernst Kuipers, minister of health, welfare and sport has announced that the state-controlled cannabis experiment has been postponed again, media reports. It
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Germany: Several medical cannabis associations have criticised the previously reported proposal from the Federal Joint Committee on new regulations for the reimbursement and prescription of medical cannabis
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US - Michigan: House Bill (HB) 5871 has been passed by the Senate and now heads to the governor for final approval. HB 5871 would
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US - New York: Assembly Bill A 9282 has been signed into law by governor Kathy Hochul. A 9282 requires the state agricultural commissioner to
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US - Federal: President Joe Biden has signed into law the Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act (HR 8454). Ostensibly, the bill is
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EU: The European Commission's proposal for the Tobacco Excise Directive (TED) will not be published on 7th December, as previously expected. It is
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Switzerland: The Federal Commission for Questions on Addiction and Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases (EKSN) has published a press release supporting the legal access to recreational cannabis. According
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US - Federal: US Senator John Hickenlooper (Democrat, Colorado) formally introduced the Preparing Regulators Effectively for a Post-Prohibition Adult-Use Regulated Environment (PREPARE) Act, which would be
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Canada - Newfoundland: The province of Newfoundland and Labrador has lifted its ban on cannabis vaping products, but only for products that do
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US - Rhode Island: Recreational cannabis dispensaries can begin sales from today, 1st December. Rhode Island legalised recreational cannabis in May.
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US - Nevada: The Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board (CCB) has issued 20 prospective licences for cannabis consumption lounges that were determined via a lottery of applicants.
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Global: The UN Conference on Trade and Development has published a report, “Commodities at a glance: Special issue on industrial hemp”, reviewing the opportunities and
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EU: In a move that may affect the packaging of hemp/cannabis-derived products, the European Commission yesterday issued a proposal to revise the Packaging
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US - Ohio: State lawmakers are interested in passing medical cannabis reform, as committees in the state House of Representatives debate Senate Bill 261, press
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Costa Rica: The Legislative Assembly Environment Committee has unanimously agreed to ask the Episcopal Conference and the Evangelical Alliance for an opinion on
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