5th October 2022 - Russia, World |
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,
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4th October 2022 - Europe, Ukraine |
Ukraine: The head of the parliamentary committee on public health, medical care and medical insurance, Mykhailo Radutsky, has said there is not enough
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3rd October 2022 - Asia, Thailand |
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
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US - Vermont: Recreational cannabis sales in Vermont began in dispensaries on 1st October. Only three retail licences have been issued to date.
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3rd October 2022 - Asia, Japan |
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
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3rd October 2022 - Europe, Germany |
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
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3rd October 2022 - Africa, Morocco |
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
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3rd October 2022 - Europe, Netherlands |
Netherlands: Last week, the General Affairs Committee of Amsterdam's city council voted against introducing a ban on tourists visiting coffee shops, which was
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3rd October 2022 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: There is a dispute in the Czech parliament's government coalition over cannabis legalisation, media reports. The Czech Pirate Party – a
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29th September 2022 - Europe, Iceland |
Iceland: A bill to decriminalise possession of narcotics, including cannabis, in quantities suitable for purely personal use, has been submitted to parliament, the Althingi. If the bill is
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29th September 2022 - Central America, Panama |
Panama: The National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC) has published the results of a survey conducted in over 16,000 homes, which found only 7%
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28th September 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Hemp Today said today that the Food Standards Agency (FSA) had rejected a Freedom of Information request concerning companies whose products are under CBD safety
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28th September 2022 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The Greens party intends to introduce a bill to legalise recreational cannabis, press reports. The party is currently drafting the bill, which it expects
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27th September 2022 - Europe, Italy |
Italy: A hard-line stance against cannabis can be expected in Italy after the far-right Brothers of Italy party (Fratelli d’Italia) took first place in Sunday’s
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27th September 2022 - Brazil, South America |
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
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23rd September 2022 - Colombia, South America |
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
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23rd September 2022 - Arkansas, North America, United States |
US - Arkansas: The Arkansas Supreme Court decided yesterday (22nd September) that the votes will be counted for the ballot measure that would legalise
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23rd September 2022 - Canada, North America |
Canada: The federal government has launched a legislative review of the Cannabis Act to determine the impact of the legalisation of recreational use among youth and
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22nd September 2022 - World |
World: Jagjit Pavadia, president of the independent, quasi-judicial International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), told a meeting of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs yesterday that
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22nd September 2022 - Europe, Spain |
Spain: The General Council of Official Colleges of Pharmacists (CGCOF) wants greater assurances on the use of medical cannabis, press reports. CGCOF vice president Jordi de Dalmases
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22nd September 2022 - Minnesota, North America, United States |
US - Minnesota: Medical cannabis company Vireo Health has filed a lawsuit against the state alleging that House File (HF) 4065 – which allows the sale
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22nd September 2022 - North America, Oklahoma, United States |
US - Oklahoma: The Oklahoma Supreme Court decided yesterday that the ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis in the state could not appear on the
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22nd September 2022 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: The Pirates party, liberal progressive members of the governing coalition, has presented a comprehensive analysis of the potential impacts of regulating
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21st September 2022 - New York, North America, United States |
US - New York: The Cannabis Control Board (CCB) has resolved to adopt revised regulations for the home cultivation of cannabis for medical use. Certified medical cannabis
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21st September 2022 - California, North America, United States |
US - California: Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law a number of new bills relating to cannabis. Assembly Bill 2188 prohibits employers, with a
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21st September 2022 - California, North America, United States |
US - California: Assembly Bill 1885, newly signed into law, expands the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act to cover cannabis products
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21st September 2022 - Europe |
EU: The European Commission has published a draft delegated regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on hazard classes and criteria for the classification,
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20th September 2022 - Austria, Europe |
Austria: Transport minister Leonore Gewessler, of the centre-left Green Party, is drawing up a bill to place a legal limit on THC for driving
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19th September 2022 - Europe, Portugal |
Portugal: At the Medical Cannabis Conference, the chairman of the Portuguese Society of Pharmacists and former member of the Ministry of Health, Hélder
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19th September 2022 - Europe, Germany |
Germany: Two Social Democratic Party (SPD) parliamentary members, Carmen Wegge and Dirk Heidenblut, have presented some SPD internal key points about cannabis legalisation on Instagram.
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19th September 2022 - Europe, Germany |
Germany: Federal minister of finance, Christian Lindner, from the Free Democratic Party (FDP), said in a state election campaign that cannabis legalisation could
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19th September 2022 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: This week, the Pirates – a liberal progressive small political party in the government cabinet, whose member is Zdeněk Hřib, the
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16th September 2022 - Belgium, Europe |
Belgium: The Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment updated its positive list of already notified herbal products for smoking, which
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16th September 2022 - North America, Oklahoma, United States |
US - Oklahoma: Three challenges were filed to a ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis during a mandatory ten-day window that opponents had to
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16th September 2022 - North America, United States |
US - federal: A bipartisan group of members of Congress wrote a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Rober Califf criticising
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15th September 2022 - Colombia, South America |
Colombia: The Chamber of Deputies First Constitutional Committee yesterday approved at first reading a bill to decriminalise the use and possession of cannabis. A formal invitation will be sent to
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15th September 2022 - Nevada, North America, United States |
US - Nevada: A judge has ruled that the Nevada Board of Pharmacy may no longer list cannabis as a Schedule I drug, press reports.
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15th September 2022 - North America, United States |
US - federal: Representative Jared Huffman, a California Democrat, has introduced the Small and Homestead Independent Producers (SHIP) Act, which would allow small cannabis cultivators and
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15th September 2022 - Asia, Thailand |
Thailand: The House of Representatives voted 198-136 to withdraw the Hemp and Cannabis Bill from the legislative agenda and return it to the drafting
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14th September 2022 - Europe, Germany |
Germany: Carmen Wegge, Social Democratic Party (SPD) spokesperson on cannabis legalisation, has told the newspaper Die Zeit that legalisation “will come” and “not fail
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14th September 2022 - Missouri, North America, United States |
US - Missouri: The Missouri Supreme Court declined to hear a lawsuit challenging a ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis, thereby clearing the final
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14th September 2022 - Europe, Germany |
Germany: Federal drugs commissioner Burkhard Blienert has retweeted the results of an Ipsos poll that found 61% of Germans support the full legalisation of
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US - West Virginia: A proposal to cap THC in medical cannabis products at 10% has been rejected by the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board
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