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EU: The final revision of the Ecodesign Directive, as a part of the EU Sustainable Products Initiative (introducing measures for electronics and their
Malaysia: A Ministry of Health official has said Malaysia is planning to learn from Thailand’s policy on medicinal cannabis to shape its own, Reuters reports. The comments
Argentina: The National Administration of Medicines, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT) yesterday published guidelines for licence applications to produce import, export and sell the new category of cannabis-based
Costa Rica: President Rodrigo Chaves has announced that the government will present a bill to legalise the use of recreational cannabis, press reports. He also said
EU: The Commission Regulation amending Regulation (EC) 1881/2006 on maximum levels of delta-9 THC in hemp seeds and products derived from them has been published in the Official
US Virgin Islands: The Virgin Islands Cannabis Advisory Board (VICAB) has agreed to post proposed rules of the Caribbean territory’s medical cannabis programme. The proposed rules
US - North Dakota: The North Dakota secretary of state has certified that a measure to legalise recreational cannabis will appear on the
US - New York: In the latest step towards recreational cannabis sales, the New York Office of Cannabis Management has approved its first 15 recreational cannabis processor licences.
Germany: Federal drugs commissioner Burkhard Blienert has told media: “Now we’re actually moving into the concrete design stage” for legalisation of cannabis. He added: “The
US - Arkansas: The Arkansas Supreme Court will allow a ballot measure that would legalise recreational cannabis onto the November ballot, but whether the votes
Colombia: The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, is open to large-scale cannabis legalisation in the country, press reports. Petro said during a visit to
Australia: Members of Western Australia’s state parliament are planning to introduce a bill to allow possession of up to 50 g of cannabis and
France: A group of 31 senators from the Socialist, Green and Republican parties have issued a joint statement through the newspaper Le Monde calling for
US - Georgia: A judge has sided with a CBD store in Catoosa County in a dispute with the sheriff’s department over the legality
Guyana: The National Assembly has passed Industrial Hemp Bill 2022, which legalises hemp and hemp products, media reports. The bill allows for the cultivation and
US - Missouri: Secretary of state Jay Ashcroft has certified that a ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis in the state has gained enough signatures to
New Zealand: After criticism from the industry for being too restrictive, the Health Ministry has said it will review the Medicinal Cannabis Scheme and release a consultation
Chile: The Senate Public Security Committee has approved modifications to a bill amending several laws, including Law 20,000 on Narcotics, that would allow the possession of up to five
Uruguay: The government is set to introduce a regulation under the Law on Access to Medical Cannabis, press reports. According to the authorities, it will
Canada: The government of British Columbia has filed a lawsuit against three companies and several individuals for allegedly making millions through unlicensed online cannabis sales, press reports.
US - Kentucky: A circuit court has entered a permanent injunction against the Kentucky State Police barring them from taking enforcement action against manufacturers and retailers
US - Arkansas: Responsible Growth Arkansas, organisers of a ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis, have filed a lawsuit with the Arkansas Supreme Court
Russia: A Russian court yesterday sentenced US basketball player Brittney Griner to nine years’ jail for drug smuggling. Griner was arrested at Moscow
US - Arkansas: The State Board of Election Commissioners declined to certify a ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis because a THC limitation was
Ukraine: Mykhailo Radutskyi of the ruling Servant of the People party, head of the parliamentary Committee on National Health, Medical Care and Medical
Spain: Investors in the “crowdgrowing” cannabis company Juicy Fields have brought a joint judicial action in Spain’s highest criminal court, the Audiencia Nacional, alleging that
US - federal: Several Republican senators have introduced a bill – Senate Bill 4628 – that would make it a crime to manufacture or
US - Louisiana: House Bill 697 is now in effect, making changes to the licensing of medical cannabis in the state. While allowing the manufacturing
US - federal: The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), along with seven other National Institutes of Health (NIH) centres, has issued a notice
US - Oklahoma: The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA) announced that its moratorium on the processing of new grower, processor, and dispensary licences for medical cannabis
US - Massachusetts: Lawmakers approved a reconciliation bill, Senate Bill (SB) 3096, just before the end of the legislative session and will now send the bill
US - Arkansas: The secretary of state's office has confirmed that enough valid signatures were turned in for a ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis
Switzerland: The amendment of the Narcotics Act, which makes medical cannabis more accessible to patients, will enter into force today. The amendment, approved in
Colombia: A bill regulating recreational cannabis has been introduced in the Chamber of Deputies, press reports. The bill was introduced by Carlos Ardila, a representative
Belize: After the Belize Coalition of Churches met the population threshold to hold a referendum for the Cannabis Control and Licensing Bill, the deputy
Fiji: The Illicit Drugs Control (Budget Amendment) Bill 2022 was passed by the parliament, local media reports. The bill would remove hemp and its extracts
Canada: Health Canada's external Science Advisory Committee on Health Products Containing Cannabis has published its recommendations on the safety, efficacy, and access to CBD products.
Canada: Health Canada is expected to make a recommendation by the end of the summer on the consultation on “health products containing cannabis that would not
Malaysia: In response to a parliamentary question, deputy health minister Noor Azmi Ghazali said that until the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1952 is
UK: The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for CBD products yesterday presented its recommendations for regulation of the industry. The group called on the govenment to
US - Missouri: An unofficial count by the secretary of state’s office indicates that organisers of a ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis are
Zimbabwe: The Medicines Control Authority has invited all licensed cannabis and hemp producers, manufacturers, importers, exporters and retail pharmacists to apply to sell medical CBD products
US - federal: Democrat senator Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico has introduced the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Advertising Act, which would allow radio
US - federal: The Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act (MMCREA) has been passed by the House of Representatives and now heads to the
Paraguay: A First International Conference on Industrial Cannabis was held yesterday in the Bicameral Chamber of the National Congress, bringing together experts and legislators
Belgium: The Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AFMPS) has told CBD-Intel that delta-8 THC is prohibited as a consumer product, and anyone
Thailand: Amid pushback to the country’s cannabis legalisation – including a letter signed by over 800 medical professionals urging regulation – Supachai Jaisamut, chairman of
Guam (US Pacific territory): The Department of Revenue and Taxation will begin accepting licence applications for recreational cannabis businesses on 29th August, press reports. The
US - federal: Complaints were filed with the California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in May and
