Costa Rica: A majority of deputies from the opposition National Liberation (PLN) and New Republic (PNR) parties of the Parliamentary Legislative Commission for
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US - Alabama: The issuance of medical cannabis licences in Alabama hit another delay as a judge temporarily paused the process to issue licences
US - Ohio: The Ohio secretary of state has verified enough signatures for an initiative to legalise recreational cannabis in the state to reach
US - Pennsylvania: A series of enforcement actions and at least one arrest by local authorities over the sale of delta-8 THC products has
17th August 2023 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The National Public Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has clarified that advertising and promotion of cannabis-derived products is not allowed. Anvisa only authorises
16th August 2023 - Canada, North America |
Canada: A federal court has granted Organigram’s application for a judicial review of a decision made by Health Canada. The decision in question pertains
US - Missouri: State auditor Scott Fitzpatrick has launched an audit into the state’s medical and recreational cannabis programmes, press reports. It is not
US - Alabama: The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) has recently awarded medical cannabis business licences across distinct categories, encompassing seven cultivator licences, four processor
New York: The state Supreme Court has issued a temporary injunction preventing the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) from issuing and approving conditional
US - New Hampshire: House Bill (HB) 611 has been signed into law by governor Chris Sununu. The new law eases the qualifying condition for therapeutic
7th August 2023 - Argentina, South America |
Argentina: Today, 7th August, the government published in the official gazette Decree 405/2023 to further develop and implement Law 27669, which was approved in May
US - Ohio: Organisers of a November ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis in the state have submitted nearly ten times the amount of
US - Arkansas: A lawsuit has been filed by a group of four hemp companies challenging Act 629 (formerly Senate Bill 358), which came into
US - New Hampshire: House Bill 611 has been enrolled and now moves to the governor’s desk. It will ease the qualifying condition for therapeutic cannabis
31st July 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The House Energy and Commerce Committee has issued a bicameral Request for Information (RFI) on Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
US - Maine: LD 1063 (SP 432) has been signed by governor Janet Mills and enacted into law. The bill introduces changes to the
28th July 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The House Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services held a hearing yesterday, 27th July, to address the Food and
27th July 2023 - North America, United States |
US - federal: The House of Representatives has passed amendments to a major spending bill, granting Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) doctors the ability to recommend
27th July 2023 - North America, United States |
US - federal: MasterCard has issued cease-and-desist letters to payment processors and banks, instructing them to stop accepting cannabis transactions through debit cards, media reports.
US - Maryland: A group of hemp businesses are suing governor Wes Moore and state lawmakers over a new law that bans the sale
26th July 2023 - Mexico, North America |
Mexico: The Federal Commission for the Protection against Public Health Risks (Cofepris) has seized 1,811 products from a number of stores in the Paradise chain
26th July 2023 - North America, United States |
US - federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning letter to Koi CBD for including an adulterant – delta-8 THC –
26th July 2023 - Colombia, South America |
Colombia: A proposed amendment to the constitution to legalise recreational cannabis has been introduced again in the Chamber of Representatives as Bill 001/2023C. It is likely to
24th July 2023 - Central America, Panama |
Panama: The Ministry of Health has clarified that it is currently in a selection process to grant a licence for the manufacture of
21st July 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services will hold a hearing titled “Hemp in the Modern World: The Yearslong
US - New York: The state Cannabis Control Board (CCB) has approved the Cannabis Growers Showcase, a pioneer initiative allowing licensed cannabis growers to partner with
20th July 2023 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The National Public Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has issued a technical note clarifying that the importation of cannabis in natura, as well as flowers and parts of
19th July 2023 - Argentina, South America |
Argentina: The National Food Commission has opened for public consultation a draft decree to include hemp seeds and derivatives in the list of permitted food products, as well as
US - Ohio: The State Medical Board of Ohio (SMBO) has voted to include irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) as a qualifying condition in the Ohio
US - Hawaii: House Bill 1359 has been enacted into law as Act 263, without the governor’s signature, bringing significant changes to the state’s hemp
US - Minnesota: The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has updated the state’s medical cannabis programme by adding irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
12th July 2023 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: Marta Machado, Ministry of Justice spokesperson on drugs policy, has said the federal government intends to regulate the cultivation of medical cannabis,
US - New Hampshire: The Therapeutic Cannabis Program now allows out-of-state and Canadian visitors with legal authorisation to purchase therapeutic cannabis from the state’s Alternative Treatment
US - Missouri: Governor Mike Parson has signed House Bill 202 into law, repealing the Industrial Hemp Regulatory Program. The state had already transferred regulatory authority for hemp
US - Connecticut: Governor Ned Lamont has signed House Bill 6700 into law, enabling licensed hemp producers to apply for cultivator or micro-cultivator licences from
7th July 2023 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: The Ministry of Health has issued the first authorisation for the manufacture of hemp-derived products, which include food and cosmetics. The authorisation is
6th July 2023 - North America, United States |
US - federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have issued warning letters to six companies for illegally selling food products infused with
US - Ohio: The Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol (CTRMLA) has submitted more than 220,000 signatures to qualify a recreational cannabis legalisation initiative for
4th July 2023 - Argentina, South America |
Argentina: The National Food Commission has published the minutes of meetings held on 28th and 29th June, when it agreed to open a public consultation
US - New Jersey: Assembly Bill A5440 has been passed by the Assembly and now heads to the Senate. It clarifies the illegal status
30th June 2023 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: During a Chamber of Deputies (lower house) seminar on medical cannabis, the minister of agrarian development, Paulo Teixeira, from the government Worker's Party (PT),
30th June 2023 - Colombia, South America |
Colombia: The High Council for Criminal Policy has highlighted the need to legalise cannabis for adult use in the country, press reports. Despite
US - Florida: Senate Bill 1676 has been signed into law by governor Ron DeSantis, bringing changes to the regulation of hemp in the state. The new law
US - Connecticut: Governor Ned Lamont has signed House Bill 6699 into law, amending the Responsible and Equitable Regulation of Adult-Use Cannabis Act. The new law
US - Indiana: A federal lawsuit has been filed in Indiana by a hemp extract manufacturer and the Midwest Hemp Council, seeking a ruling
US - Florida: House Bill 387, which expands the use of telehealth in the medical cannabis certification process, has been signed into law by governor
26th June 2023 - Colombia, South America |
Colombia: The government has announced its intention to propose a new bill on recreational cannabis in July for the new legislative period, press
US - Hawaii: House Bill 1082 has been signed and enacted into law by governor Josh Green. It allows a patient’s written certification to be valid
US - Washington DC: The federal ban on Washington DC's ability to regulate cannabis sales would be renewed under a Fiscal Year 2024