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New Zealand: Agriculture minister Damien O'Connor announced a government grant of NZD13m ($8.9m) to a medicinal cannabis company. The goal is to expand
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US - Oregon: The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission has requested a 70-day licence suspension and a $200,000 fine – the maximum monetary fine
US - Oklahoma: The Oklahoma Supreme Court rejected a challenge to a ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis that is set to appear on
US - Kentucky: Governor Andy Beshear told the media that he would "explore" the possibility of issuing an executive order on medical cannabis if the legislature
8th April 2022 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has acknowledged that cannabis seeds that can produce high-THC cannabis plants are not controlled under federal
Poland: The Supreme Administrative Court has ruled that extracts from hemp flowers and fruiting tops, including CBD, fall under EU food safety rules, media reports.
7th April 2022 - Argentina, South America |
Argentina: Matías Kulfas, minister of productive development and the proposer of a bill aiming to establish a regulatory framework for medicinal cannabis and industrial hemp, yesterday urged the
7th April 2022 - Europe, Switzerland |
Switzerland: Representatives of the right-wing Swiss People’s Party and the Federal Democratic Union have submitted a motion to ban the sale of recreational cannabis products in
7th April 2022 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: Following the legalisation of medicinal cannabis and industrial hemp in March, president Carlos Alvarado has reiterated his commitment to ensuring smooth passage for the cannabis
6th April 2022 - Colombia, South America |
Colombia: The government has approved Resolution 539/2022, which regulates the import and export of cannabis seeds, flowers, and compounds. Those who wish to import those
6th April 2022 - Mexico, North America |
Mexico: The Senate has passed a bill that would prohibit the importation of e-cigarettes and vaporisers, press reports. The bill (a modification of La Ley de los
6th April 2022 - North America, United States |
US - Washington DC: The District of Columbia Council has rejected a bill that would have increased access to cannabis by allowing over-21s to self-certify
US - Georgia: Several bills aimed at jumpstarting Georgia's medical cannabis program, which has been mired in controversy and legal disputes involving the issuing
6th April 2022 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: Deputy Ricardo Izar of the Republican Party, part of the majority coalition in the Chamber of Deputies, has presented a draft legislative decree to
Malaysia: Health minister Khairy Jamaluddin today tweeted that the Ministry of Health is ready to collaborate with industry and academic research on medicinal uses of
Spain: The Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS) has reportedly notified the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) of an estimated requirement for
US - Oregon: House Bill 4016 has been signed into law by governor Kate Brown. The new law allows the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission to
5th April 2022 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The House of Representatives has passed the Medical Marijuana Research Act (HR 5657), and the bill now moves to the Senate.
Spain: The General Council of Pharmaceutical Associations has asked Parliament to launch a pilot test on medical cannabis, press reports. The organisation wants prescribed
US - Maryland: Voters will get to decide whether to legalise recreational cannabis in Maryland after the Senate passed a bill to put an
4th April 2022 - North America, United States |
US: The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, a federal bill to legalise cannabis, was passed by the US House on Friday by a vote
Germany: Five men have been acquitted of drug trafficking charges in Berlin's Regional Court after selling CBD flowers as smoking products with less than
4th April 2022 - Argentina, South America |
Argentina: Minister of productive development Matías Kulfas last week presented his Productive Argentina Plan 2030, laying down ten general goals to address economic, social
4th April 2022 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The National Public Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) has published a resolution consolidating the existing rules on medicinal cannabis imports and adding hospitals, health
Belgium: The Federal Public Health Service has updated its positive list of already notified herbal products for smoking, which includes hemp flowers and other
1st April 2022 - Mexico, North America |
Mexico: A federal court has ruled that the Federal Commission for the Protection of Health Risks (Cofepris) failed to comply with a Supreme Court ruling
US - New Hampshire: House Bill (HB) 1598 was passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. The bill would legalise recreational
1st April 2022 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, a federal bill to deschedule cannabis, is scheduled for a floor vote in the
US - New Mexico: Legal recreational cannabis sales begin today in New Mexico. The New Mexico Cannabis Control Division lists over 200 active cannabis producer
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
