LATEST ALERTSUS - Florida: Governor Ron DeSantis has criticised the recreational cannabis measure, which will appear as Amendment 3 on the November ballot, calling it “radical”
US - Maryland: House Bill (HB) 253, which would amend the Cannabis Reform Act, has been passed by the Senate and now goes
US - Maryland: House Bill (HB) 805 has been passed by the Senate and now goes to the governor. HB 805 would allow local governments
US - Federal: The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has announced that it will hold a hearing over the proposed placement of two phenethylamine hallucinogens
US - Iowa: Senate File 2335 has been passed by the Senate and now heads to the House. The bill would increase the number
US - Iowa: House File 2605 has been passed by the Senate and now heads to the governor. The bill would put a limit
US - Delaware: House Bill (HB) 285 has been passed by the Senate and now heads to the governor. HB 285 would significantly expand
US - Virginia: Virginia’s Republican governor vetoed House Bill (HB) 698 and Senate Bill (SB) 448, which would have finally legalised adult-use cannabis sales
US - Georgia: Senate Bill (SB) 494 has been passed by the House and now heads to the governor. SB 494 would prohibit an individual or business
US - Florida: The state’s Supreme Court has ruled that an industry-funded ballot initiative will appear on state voters’ November ballots. The decision comes more
US - Federal: Three Republican senators have sent a letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)'s administrator Anne Milgram urging the agency not
US - Vermont: Bill H 612 has been passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. H 612 would redefine some
US - West Virginia: Senate Bill 679 has been signed by the governor. SB 679 will regulate hemp-derived cannabidiol products that are defined as naturally occurring
Canada - New Brunswick: The provincial government has introduced amendments to the Cannabis Control Act, which aim to increase compliance, reduce the sale of illegal
US - South Dakota: House Bill (HB) 1125 has been signed by the governor. HB 1125 will prohibit "chemically derived cannabinoids" – which are psychoactive cannabinoids that are
Canada: Health Canada has published the Legislative Review of the Cannabis Act, which highlights significant progress in establishing a licensing framework for a legal
US - Federal: Treasury secretary Janet Yellen said she would welcome legislation that would clarify the conflict between federal and state laws on
US - Federal: A group of 21 state attorneys general (AGs) have sent a letter urging Congress to take action on intoxicating hemp-derived
US - Mississippi: State lawmakers are concerned that intoxicating, hemp-derived cannabinoid (IHDC) products are being sold at fuel stations and other retail establishments,
Canada: Health Canada updated the guidelines for cannabis licence holders on how to apply for an import or export permit in the Cannabis Tracking
US - Federal: Democratic senator Sherrod Brown, chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, has said that passing the
US - South Dakota: Senate Bill (SB) 43 has been signed by the governor. SB 43 will make minor amendments to the state’s medical cannabis programme by requiring the Department of Health
US - Federal: After vice president Kamala Harris said the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) must reschedule cannabis “as quickly as possible” at a
US - New York: Damian Fagon, chief equity officer of the state’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM), was placed on administrative leave following
US - Maryland: House Bill 346 has been passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. The bill would authorise anyone aged
US - New York: Democratic governor Kathy Hochul has mandated that the state’s cannabis licensing scheme be reviewed after calling it a “disaster”.
US - Federal: Vice president Kamala Harris said the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) must reschedule cannabis “as quickly as possible” at a White
US - Kansas: House Bill (HB) 2168 has been passed by the House and now heads to the Senate for consideration. HB 2168 would introduce
US - Oklahoma: Senate Bill (SB) 1980 has been passed by the Senate and now heads to the House. SB 1980 would define a
US - Arizona: Attorney general (AG) Kris Mayes has released an opinion highlighting that it’s illegal for businesses, such as convenience stores and
US - Maryland: House Bill (HB) 805 has been passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. HB 805 would generally
US - Utah: House Bill (52) – which will modify and enact provisions related to industrial hemp – has been signed by the
US - Kentucky: House Bill (HB) 829 has been passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. The bill would introduce some
US - Iowa: House File 2605 – which would provide regulation for hemp and hemp products – has been passed by the House and
US - Federal: Congressmen Earl Blumenauer and Andy Harris have sent a letter to Xavier Becerra, secretary of the US Department of Health
US - Florida: Senate Bill (SB) 1698 has been passed by the House and now heads to the governor. According to the amended
US - West Virginia: Senate Bill (SB) 679 has been passed by the House and now heads to the governor. SB 679 would regulate intoxicating hemp-derived cannabinoid (IHDC) products, which are defined
US - Washington DC: President Joe Biden has released his fiscal year 2025 draft budget, which again includes a provision that prevents Washington DC
US - South Dakota: Senate Bill (SB) 117 has been signed by the governor. SB 117 will exclude “industrial hemp stalk bale” from certain requirements and extend the
US - Federal: During president Joe Biden’s 2024 State of the Union address, he said nobody should be jailed for cannabis-related offences, highlighting his push
US - South Dakota: Senate Bill (SB) 42 has been signed by the governor. SB 42 will make various amendments to the state’s medical cannabis programme, including changes to testing
US - Federal: Democratic Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer said the Senate will “work very hard” to pass the Secure and Fair Enforcement
US - North Carolina: North Carolina Republican senators Thom Tillis and Ted Budd have sent a letter to US attorney general Merrick Garland,
US - Oklahoma: Senate Bill (SB) 1934 has been passed by the Senate and now heads to the House. SB 1934 would modify
US - Hawaii: Senate bill (SB) 3138 has been passed by the Senate and now heads to the House. SB 3138 would clarify
US - Hawaii: Senate bill (SB) 3335, which would legalise and regulate recreational cannabis in the state, has been passed by the Senate
US - Wyoming: Senate File (SF) 32 has been passed by the House and now heads to the governor’s desk. SF 32 would
US - New Mexico: Senate Bill (SB) 6 has been signed by the governor. Among other actions, SB 6 would update the state’s cannabis
Canada: Health Canada has published the 2024-2025 Departmental Plan. The plan’s objectives include implementing the Cannabis Act, restricting legal access to regulated products
US - Utah: Senate Bill 233 has been passed by the House and now heads to the governor's desk. The bill would allow
