LATEST ALERTSNew York: Governor Kathy Hochul has signed and enacted companion bills Senate Bill 8084 and Assembly Bill 9283. The bills allow for licensed hemp cultivators and processors to
Indiana: Senate Bill 209 has passed by the Senate and now heads to the House. The bill would include all THC isomers in the THC
US: The US Supreme Court has invited the Solicitor General to submit a brief regarding the federal government’s view on two cases in which workers have sued
Colombia: The government has approved regulation 227/2022, adding detail to Decree 811, which was approved in August 2021 and allows the manufacture of “non-psychoactive derivatives”
UK: The list of novel food applications validated by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has been updated to include several CBD products by two more
Brazil: The National Public Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has authorised the importation, distribution and sale of three new cannabis-based products: cannabidiol Belcher 150
Massachusetts: The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources has issued proposed regulations for hemp production and will hold a public hearing via Zoom about the proposed regulations on 2nd
Washington State: House Bill 2122 has been introduced. The bill would comprehensively regulate intoxicating cannabinoid products by defining and categorising “artificial cannabinoids” and “synthetically derived
Fiji: The island nation of Fiji is undertaking the first steps toward establishing hemp regulations, media reports. Officials have reportedly been in communication with the
South Dakota: House Bill (HB) 1292 was passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. The bill would prohibit the sale or distribution
Oregon: Senate Bill (SB) 1564 was passed by the Senate and now heads to the House. The bill would allow counties to declare a state
Michigan: Two bills that would permit hemp-derived cannabinoids as ingredients in food and dietary supplements were passed by the House and now head to
US federal: The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its National Hemp Report, which includes results from the Hemp Acreage and Production Survey conducted in 2021.
Ukraine: The Ministry of Health has published a bill, “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Concerning the Regulation of the Circulation
Slovenia: A bill amending the Drugs Production and Trafficking Act was rejected in the Health Committee of the National Assembly, according to local press reports.
Slovakia: The amendment to the Criminal Code – which seeks, among other things, to reduce penalties for recreational cannabis use – was moved
Germany: The federal government answered several questions from a small inquiry made by the opposition CDU/CSU parliamentary group about hemp cultivation. It said that
France: The Ministry of Health and Solidarity enacted a decree which allows the cultivation of medical cannabis from 1st March 2022 by amending the
Costa Rica: The Environment Legislative Committee has accepted president Carlos Alvarado’s partial veto of the bill regulating the cultivation and sale of medicinal cannabis and industrial hemp, press reports.
Virginia: House Bill 897, which would have further regulated edible hemp products and capped the total amount of THC that edible hemp products can
New York: The state legislature has passed companion bills Senate Bill 8084 and Assembly Bill 9283, which now head to the governor's desk. The bills would allow
Michigan: The Michigan Marijuana Regulatory Agency held a public hearing on proposed rules that would allow for the conversion of hemp extracts into cannabis extracts
Ukraine: Health minister Viktor Liashko has said the ministry will submit a bill to legalise medical cannabis to parliament soon, media reports. However,
Spain: The parliamentary Subcommittee on Medicinal Cannabis decided yesterday, 16th February, to extend its work until June, press reports. It was originally due to have its
Italy: The Constitutional Court rejected a referendum on decriminalising the cultivation and possession of recreational cannabis for personal use.
EU: An upcoming rule change could allow for the marketing and use of hemp seed varieties that would exceed the legal THC threshold, according
Virginia: Senate Bill 391 has been passed by the Senate and now heads to the House. The bill would allow medical cannabis dispensaries to begin
US federal: The US Senate has confirmed Robert Califf to be the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by a narrow 50-46 margin.
Portugal: The National Authority for Medicines and Health Products (Infarmed) has issued a circular stressing that the use of the cannabis plant for any purposes
Germany: The Higher Administrative Court of Lower Saxony is now examining the marketability of hemp flower as a herbal smoking product and hemp
South Africa: President Cyril Ramaphosa said during his State of the Nation Address at the opening of Parliament that the government would review the policy and
Virginia: Senate Bill 772 and SB 671 have both passed the Senate unanimously and now move to the House. SB 772 would eliminate the requirement for medical
Ohio: Senate president Matt Huffman has said he will not bring a citizen-initiated bill to legalise recreational cannabis to the Senate floor, local press reports.
New Mexico: Senate Bill 100 has been passed by the Senate and now moves to the House. It would increase the number of mature cannabis
Portugal: The non-profit organisation Cannacasa has asked the Council of Ministers to suspend Ordinance 14/2022, published in January, which established new rules for the cultivation
Canada – Ontario: The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario has issued a new guidance on inducements for cannabis retailers and producers. Among other rules, producers
Germany: Federal drug commissioner Burkhard Blienert has emphasised, in an interview about the coalition agreement to legalise recreational cannabis, the need for licensed shops to have highly competent
US – New York State: A set of bills that could kick-start recreational cannabis cultivation and processing have been introduced. Companion bills Assembly Bill 9283 and Senate Bill 8084
Argentina: The Supreme Court has set dates of 27th and 28th April for a public hearing on the constitutionality of the requirement to join a state
Chile: A citizens’ initiative seeking to introduce a right to self-cultivation and consumption of cannabis for medicinal and recreational purposes, which gathered more than 44,000
