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Germany: Five men have been charged in Berlin’s Regional Court with drug trafficking after selling CBD flowers as smoking products with less than 0.2% THC, press
Spain: The president of the Spanish Society of Psychiatry (SEP) has warned of a possible risk to mental health of medicinal cannabis use, press
EU: The European Commission held a meeting yesterday, 14th March, between the Expert Group for Agricultural Markets and the civil dialogue group (CDG)
India: The central government has reportedly told Parliament that it does not intend to decriminalise personal consumption of cannabis, despite the recommendation last October by the
Japan: The Health Ministry has published a ministerial ordinance that prohibits manufacturing, importing, selling, possessing and using hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) and HHC-containing products. It enters
US - Virginia: Senate Bill (SB) 591 was passed by the House, and the amendments made by the House were approved by the Senate.
US - Kentucky: Senate Bill 170 was passed by the Senate and now heads to the House. The bill would make it illegal to produce,
US - Oregon: Senate Bill 1564 was signed into law by the governor and is effective immediately. The new law allows counties to declare
US - Georgia: A lawsuit seeking to clarify the legality of delta-8 THC products in the state has been filed, press reports. The lawsuit reportedly
US - Federal: The Senate Appropriations Committee included language in the Omnibus spending bill that would urge the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
EU: The European Commission’s Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (ScoPAFF) approved the proposal to raise the tolerated limits of THC
Germany: When talking about cannabis legalisation for recreational purposes, the federal drug commissioner, Burkhard Blienert, said in an interview that the discussion is still
Netherlands: Aardachtig company has announced it obtained a licence to legally grow cannabis and to produce recreational cannabis products as part of the
Canada - Quebec: The Supreme Court will examine the legality of Quebec’s Cannabis Regulation Act prohibiting possession of cannabis plants and cultivation for
US - Delaware: House Bill 305, which would have legalised the sale of recreational cannabis in the state, failed yesterday to pass the House
EU: On 14th March the European Commission (EC) will hold a meeting between the Expert Group for Agricultural Market and the civil dialogue
US - New York: Governor Kathy Hochul announced on 10th March the “first-in-the-nation Seeding Opportunity Initiative”, which will prioritise “individuals with prior cannabis-related criminal offenses
EU: The discussion and voting of the European Commission’s (EC) proposal to increase the maximum tolerated amount of THC in hemp seeds and
US - South Dakota: House Bill 1292 was signed by the governor without any veto proposal on 9th March, passing it into law. The
US: The US Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (USPTO TTAB) has ruled against another CBD trademark on similar grounds as in
Guyana: Vice president Bharrat Jagdeo reiterated the government’s commitment to facilitating the plantation and production of industrial hemp, and was reported to have
Malta: The leader of the main opposition party, Bernard Grech, said during a conference this week that, if his Nationalist Party holds the
US: The bicameral Omnibus spending bill contains no proposal to legalise recreational cannabis at the federal level. However, press reports that “a separate
Canada - Alberta: Starting yesterday, 8th March, all authorised online retailers of cannabis products can have their own e-commerce platforms, as opposed to
US - Utah: House Bill 385 was passed by the Senate and now awaits the governor’s final approval. Among other things, the bill would
US - South Dakota: Senate Bill 118 was passed by the House and now heads to the governor for final approval. The bill would make
US - Oklahoma: Republican lawmakers have released a 12-point plan to increase enforcement and weed out bad actors within the state’s medical cannabis programme,
US - California: The California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) has proposed comprehensive reforms to its current cannabis regulations. The proposed regulations are under
Spain: Today, the Health and Consumption Committee of the Parliament held a meeting to inform about the Parliamentary Subcommittee on Medical Cannabis, which
US - Washington: The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board has adopted final rules that will require all recreational cannabis products to be tested for
US - Utah: The House amended and passed Senate Bill (SB) 195, so the Senate must now consider amendments made to the bill since it
US - Utah: Senate Bill (SB) 153 was passed by the House and now heads to the governor’s desk for approval. SB 153 would
US - South Dakota: Senate Bill (SB) 201 was passed by the House but was amended from the version passed earlier by the Senate. Therefore,
US - South Dakota: House Bill 1292 was passed unanimously by the Senate and now awaits the governor’s signature. The bill would make it
US - Oregon: Senate Bill 1564 was passed by the House and now heads to the governor’s desk for approval. The bill would allow counties
US - Oregon: House Bill 4016 was passed by the Senate and now heads to the governor’s desk for approval. The bill would allow
UK: During a debate about treatments for children with epilepsy, the minister for care and mental health, Gillian Keegan, said that the National
US - Kentucky: A judge has granted a temporary injunction that will allow for the sale of delta-8 THC products in the state pending further
New Zealand: Three cannabis flower products from the Australian Natural Therapeutics Group (ANTG) received approval from the Health Ministry. ANTG is the first company able
EU: The European Commission’s Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (ScoPAFF) in the end did not vote on 28th February, as
US - Rhode Island: Democrats in the House and Senate, including several legislators with leadership roles, have introduced companion bills to legalise recreational cannabis
US - Nevada: The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services has proposed rules concerning the testing and labelling of hemp products. Notably, the rules
US - Minnesota: The Minnesota Department of Health has published its final version of rules to regulate medical cannabis. The rules amend regulations pertaining to the
Costa Rica: In a second and final debate yesterday, the Legislative Assembly approved president Carlos Alvarado’s partial veto of the bill regulating the cultivation and
Israel: CBD will no longer be considered a dangerous drug. The Ministry of Health has decided to exclude CBD from the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance as
Belgium: The Federal Public Health Service has updated its positive list of already notified herbal products for smoking, which includes hemp flowers and other
UK: Asked to explain what progress has been made on the project on the potential use of underutilised crops, including hemp, Jo Churchill,
US - Virginia: A House subcommittee voted to continue to 2023 the consideration of Senate Bill (SB) 391, which would have accelerated the timeline for
US - South Dakota: A House subcommittee voted down Senate Bill (SB) 3, which would have legalised recreational cannabis in the state. SB 3 narrowly
