LATEST ALERTS
US - federal: The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is set to propose significant increases to the production of cannabis and psychedelics for research in
EU: An updated version has been published of the minutes of the 1st March meeting of the Working Group on Cosmetic Products, at which the European Commission presented for
Czech Republic: National anti-drug coordinator Jindřich Vobořil will present a new action plan on addiction to government officials and interested members of parliament
US - Nebraska: Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana (NMM) is dropping a lawsuit filed in May that challenged a state law that requires ballot initiatives
US - Kentucky: Governor Andy Beshear announced that he is undertaking a review of convictions for possession of cannabis in Kentucky in light
US - California: A law enforcement task force called the Unified Cannabis Enforcement Task Force (UCETF) has recently been formed to crack down on
Brazil: The National Public Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) announced in a webinar held yesterday (13th October) that it has started the process of reviewing
UK: The government has no plans to change the scheduling of cannabis, following reports that home secretary Suella Braverman was considering making it
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
France: The National Assembly Social Affairs Committee has approved an amendment to the 2023 Social Security Financing Bill to extend by a year an experiment
US - federal: The US Court of International Trade (CIT) has ruled that legalisation of cannabis under state law serves as an exemption to the federal
Thailand: Parliament will consider a revised version of the Cannabis and Hemp Bill when the legislative session begins again in November, press reports. The bill
Germany: The Federal Court of Justice has rejected appeals against a judgement by the Berlin Regional Court that resulted in two defendants being given jail
Netherlands: Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema told a congress on organised crime, with some European ministers present, that banning drugs does not work, advocating
Belgium: The Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment has updated its positive list of notified herbal products for smoking, which includes hemp
Australia: The Victorian Greens party has announced a plan to legalise and regulate the sale and consumption of recreational cannabis in the state of Victoria from 2024, with
New Zealand: After the government-supporting Green Party urged the government to decriminalise cannabis, following US president Joe Biden's announcement to pardon all federal
Brazil: The National Public Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) will hold a webinar on Thursday 13th October to review the resolution which sets rules
Albania: The Ministry of Interior has released for public consultation a draft for legalisation of medical and industrial cannabis. The draft establishes a National
Malaysia: Malaysian minister of health Khairy Jamaluddin was asked a parliamentary question about the results of his August visit to Thailand, the aim
EU: The minutes of the 1st March 2022 meeting of the Working Group on Cosmetic Products have been published this week. While discussing CBD in cosmetic products, Ireland “commented
New Zealand: The left-wing and government-supporting Green Party urged the Labour government to decriminalise cannabis after US president Joe Biden announced to pardon
Costa Rica: The bill to legalise recreational cannabis announced yesterday (6th October) by president Rodrigo Chaves was published on the National Assembly website.
US - Federal: President Joe Biden yesterday (6th October) announced his multi-pronged plan to end the country’s “failed approach to marijuana”. The three
Lithuania: The government has approved amendments to the Fibre Hemp Law that will allow the cultivation of hemp varieties with up to 0.3% THC from
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
US - federal: Army officials are warning soldiers about the use of delta-8 THC products, as use of any hemp-derived product, regardless of THC
Costa Rica: The government has sent a Cannabis Control and Regulation Bill to the Legislative Assembly. While the bill has not yet been published,
Germany: The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) is backing an amendment to the Narcotics Act to raise the THC limit for
Switzerland: A pilot project to sell recreational cannabis in Zurich, previously planned for this autumn, has been postponed to the first half of 2023. According to the
US - federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has named Norman Birenbaum, a former cannabis regulator in Rhode Island and New York, as
US - Georgia: A judge has ordered the only two licensed medical cannabis oil producers in Georgia to cease production until a lawsuit over
Canada - British Columbia: The Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch (LCRB) will allow federally licensed cannabis growers in British Columbia to sell cannabis in stores at
Morocco: The National Agency for the Regulation of Cannabis Activities (Anrac) announced yesterday that it had issued ten licences for the cultivation, manufacturing,
Russia: A Moscow court will hear US basketball player Brittney Griner’s appeal against a nine-year prison sentence for drug possession on 25th October,
US - federal: Democratic senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii has filed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would allow military veterans to possess, use,
Ukraine: The head of the parliamentary committee on public health, medical care and medical insurance, Mykhailo Radutsky, has said there is not enough
Thailand: Thailand's Constitutional Court has ruled that prime minister Prayuth Chan-ocha may remain in power and has not exceeded his term since the
US - Vermont: Recreational cannabis sales in Vermont began in dispensaries on 1st October. Only three retail licences have been issued to date.
Japan: A Japanese health ministry panel has recommended amending its laws to legalise the importation and use of medical cannabis. The recommendation includes establishing a distribution
Germany: Berlin's Drug Policy Working Group from the coalition party The Greens (Die Grünen) has published a position paper on a possible Cannabis Control
Costa Rica: President Rodrigo Chaves has signed the medical and therapeutic cannabis regulations that regulate the Cannabis for Medicinal and Therapeutic Use and
Brazil: None of the presidential candidates achieved the majority needed to win the election in the first round yesterday (2nd October). The second round,
Morocco: The prime minister's cabinet has issued Decree No. 3.92\22, appointing Mohamed El Guerrouj as interim general director of the National Agency for
Hungary: A TRIS notification was submitted on 30th September to notify a bill amending Decree 55/2014 on substances or groups of compounds classified as new psychoactive substances to
Netherlands: Last week, the General Affairs Committee of Amsterdam's city council voted against introducing a ban on tourists visiting coffee shops, which was
Czech Republic: There is a dispute in the Czech parliament's government coalition over cannabis legalisation, media reports. The Czech Pirate Party – a
US: The “Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act”, which has bipartisan support, will not be allowed to go through and expedite parliamentary process (known
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
