US - New Mexico: Legal recreational cannabis sales begin today in New Mexico. The New Mexico Cannabis Control Division lists over 200 active cannabis producer
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Slovakia: Zuzana Čaputová, the president of Slovakia, has signed the amendment to the Criminal Code, which seeks, among other things, to reduce penalties
31st March 2022 - Europe |
EU: The European Commission has launched an initiative to evaluate the progress made under Directive 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment, which applies to CBD vapes and devices
31st March 2022 - Paraguay, South America |
Paraguay: The National Health Surveillance Agency (DINAVISA) recently issued Resolution 50/2022 to open a new period to apply for licences to cultivate and process cannabis,
31st March 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The Food Standards Agency has published a public list of CBD products that will be allowed to remain on sale in the
US - Alabama: Senate Bill (SB) 326 was passed by the Senate and now heads to the House. The bill would make it a
31st March 2022 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent warning letters to seven CBD companies for making health claims related to CBD's treatment
31st March 2022 - Europe, Netherlands |
Netherlands: The closed coffeeshop chain experiment has been postponed until the second quarter of 2023, media reports. The minister of public health and
30th March 2022 - Argentina, South America |
Argentina: The Ministry of Health yesterday published Decree 673/2022, allowing NGOs to cultivate cannabis for their members. NGO members still need to be registered
30th March 2022 - Europe |
EU: An initiative on chemicals strategy for sustainability has been launched that could lead to a revision of the EU Cosmetic Products Regulation. A
US - Iowa: House File 2380 was passed by the Senate and now heads to the governor for approval. The bill would increase the
30th March 2022 - Europe |
EU: A summary report of the 28th February meeting of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCOPAFF) in which the permitted THC levels for hemp seed foodstuffs were
US - Georgia: House Bill 1425 was passed by the Senate and now heads to the governor for final approval. The bill would aim to kick-start
Germany: Federal drug commissioner Burkhard Blienert has expressed support for health warnings on cannabis packaging, once recreational cannabis is legalised. Speaking in a
29th March 2022 - Bermuda, North America |
Bermuda: The Cannabis Licensing Act, which would permit the cultivation and retail sale of cannabis for adult use, was passed by the House of
US - Georgia: Law enforcement officials in Madison County have been ordered to return $30,000 in delta-8 and delta-10 THC products to a store
US - Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) voted last week to prohibit beer and wine retail licensees from selling CBD edibles because
25th March 2022 - Europe |
EU: The directorate general (DG) for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs told CBD-Intel that the European Commission is discussing with the members
Spain: The government’s delegate for the National Plan on Drugs, Joan Ramón Villalbí, has expressed concern over a possible increase in the use
25th March 2022 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The Cannabidiol and Marihuana Research Expansion Act was passed unanimously by the Senate and now heads to the House. The bill would
25th March 2022 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, a federal bill that would deschedule cannabis, has been placed on next week’s calendar
Japan: The number of cannabis offences has increased, media reports. Last year, 5,482 people were caught possessing cannabis and cannabis-based products, according to police
Spain: The single-issue Luz Verde (Green Light) party, which advocates legalisation of both medical and recreational cannabis, can take part in the next
US - Oklahoma: Senate Bill 1338 was passed unanimously by the Senate and now heads to the House. The bill would amend the state’s hemp
Malaysia: A memorandum on the benefits of allowing cannabis and hemp for medicinal purposes and the exportation of hemp crops will be handed to
US - Kentucky: The sponsor of Senate Bill 170, which would ban intoxicating hemp products in the state and which passed the Senate earlier this
US - Utah: House Bill 385 has been signed into law, providing clarification rather than change for CBD products. Among other things, it prohibits cannabinoids
US - Utah: Senate Bill 153 has been signed into law. The new law establishes a working group on medical cannabis to study and recommend
22nd March 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The Centre for Medicinal Cannabis, the Association for the Cannabinoid Industry and First November Group have launched a review of regulation and public policy
US - Kentucky: State Senate majority floor leader Damon Thayer told local media that he does not believe House Bill 136, a bill to legalise medical cannabis
US - Maryland: House Bill 1078 was passed unanimously by the House and now heads to the Senate. Among other things, HB 1078 would
US - Oklahoma: House Bill 3439 was passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. The bill would establish hemp remediation procedures and allow
21st March 2022 - Belize, Central America |
Belize: The Senate has debated the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill, media reports. The government introduced the bill last year with the aim of legalising the
US - Arizona: Senate Bill 1715 was passed by the Senate and now heads to the House. The bill would exclude "hemp-derived manufactured psychotropic cannabinoids", such
US - Georgia: House Bill 1425 was passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. The bill would kick-start the issuing of low-THC
US - Georgia: A judge has issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting law enforcement in Gwinnett County from raiding and confiscating delta-8 and delta-10
US - Kentucky: CORRECTION: Our alert on Friday stated that House Bill 136, a bill to legalise medical cannabis, was passed by the Senate
US - Minnesota: The Minnesota Board of Pharmacy voted to remove THC contained in hemp products (up to 0.3%) from the state’s controlled substances
US - South Dakota: Governor Kristi Noem has signed several bills related to medical cannabis into law. Notably, Senate Bill 24 changes the maximum number of cannabis
18th March 2022 - Canada, North America |
Canada - Ontario: The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has announced that starting 15th March, cannabis retailers may offer delivery and
US - Kentucky: House Bill 136 has been passed by the Senate and is now heading to the House. The bill would legalise
Slovakia: On Wednesday, 16th March, the amendment to the Criminal Code that seeks, among other things, to reduce penalties for cannabis use, was
17th March 2022 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA) refuses to grant pets access to medical cannabis, press reports. The TGA decision follows a letter submitted
17th March 2022 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) president John Skerritt has said in an interview that products containing delta-8 THC are not legal in the
17th March 2022 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: Deputies presented a bill to amend the recently approved hemp and medicinal cannabis bill. The amendment tackles the same topic that was previously vetoed by
Greece: Joint Ministerial Decision 27462/2022 entered into force two days ago on 15th March. The decision replaces Joint Ministerial Decision 51483/700 to set out
16th March 2022 - France |
France: Deputy Moetai Brotherson has introduced into the National Assembly a bill to launch a five-year pilot programme on recreational and medical cannabis in the overseas
Germany: Kristine Lütke, drug policy spokeswoman for the coalition Free Democratic Party (FDP) has told the German Pharmacist Newspaper she aims to present a
Global: The 65th annual session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs is taking place this week in Vienna. The Commission directs international drug policy
Belgium: The Federal Public Health Service has updated its list of notified herbal products for smoking, which includes hemp flowers and other smokable CBD products. Products