LATEST ALERTSUS - Ohio: Governor Mike Dewine is calling for regulating intoxicating hemp-derived products, such as those containing delta-8 THC, press reports. Dewine expressed concern that
US - Missouri: The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) conducted a review of the 48 cannabis social equity licences it has issued
US - Tennessee: The Tennessee Department of Agriculture has posted a notice of rulemaking hearing that includes proposed regulations for the sale of hemp-derived
US - Pennsylvania: Senate bill (SB) 773 has been signed into law by governor Josh Shapiro. SB 773 significantly expands the state’s medical cannabis
US - Pennsylvania: Senate bill (SB) 773 has been passed by the legislature and sent to the governor for final approval. SB 773 would
US - Florida: Christopher Kimball, director of the Office of Medical Marijuana Use (OMMU), told lawmakers that the OMMU is looking to issue
US - Ohio: House speaker Jason Stephens told the media that the House will not vote on amendments to the state's new recreational cannabis law
US - Federal: Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) has submitted its new drug application (NDA) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for
US - Federal: The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has published a temporary scheduling order that places the following synthetic cannabinoids in Schedule I of the
US - Georgia: The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)’s Diversion Control Division is warning pharmacies in Georgia that possessing and distributing medical cannabis is illegal
US - California: The City of San Diego's Cannabis Business Division has sent warning letters to vendors that it believes are selling illegal hemp
US - Oklahoma: The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA) will ask state lawmakers to give them authority over intoxicating hemp-derived cannabinoids (IDHCs) during its
US - Ohio: A Senate committee has added and approved major changes to the recreational cannabis legalisation ballot initiative approved by voters last month
US - New York: The New York Supreme Court has approved a settlement in two lawsuits that will now allow the Office of Cannabis Management
US - Federal: The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has issued a memo entitled “Farm Bill Primer: Selected Hemp Industry Issues” that addresses several issues related
US - Federal: Senate Banking chairman Sherrod Brown says he will not try to include the Secure And Fair Enforcement Regulation (SAFER) Banking Act
US - New Hampshire: A commission tasked with making recommendations on how to regulate recreational cannabis in the state has failed to make any
US - New York: The Cannabis Control Board approved a settlement that could allow for the opening of 436 dispensaries by provisional conditional adult-use retail
US - Federal: The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is revoking hemp licences from hemp cultivators who are also cultivating higher-THC cannabis under state-legal
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning letter to Discover Health LLC over its products marketed to contain CBD,
US - Federal: President Joe Biden has signed into law stopgap funding that will extend the 2018 Farm Bill until September 2024, press reports.
US - New York: The Cannabis Control Board (CCB) has voted to amend rules on hemp cannabinoid products that restrict the amount of THC that can be
US - Hawaii: Hawaii attorney general Anne Lopez has issued a comprehensive plan to legalise recreational cannabis in the state, press reports. The plan would impose
US - Alabama: The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) has reached a proposed settlement to resolve a lawsuit brought by medical cannabis licence applicants,
US - South Dakota: The South Dakota Department of Health has approved rules regarding medical cannabis that take effect on 27th November 2023. Most notable
US - New York: A state court has ruled that state regulators did not follow proper procedure in imposing an emergency rule that limits the
US - Federal: Top congressional lawmakers have agreed in principle to stopgap funding that will extend the 2018 Farm Bill for one year,
US - Kentucky: The General Assembly’s Administrative Regulations Review Subcommittee has approved an emergency rule to regulate hemp-derived cannabinoid products, press reports. The emergency rule was necessary to
US - Alaska: A group of hemp producers has sued the Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to prevent enforcement of a new regulation that
US - Ohio: Ohio has become the 24th state to legalise recreational cannabis after voters passed a ballot initiative to do so, press reports. The initiative,
US - Ohio: Voters will decide today (7th November) the fate of an initiative to legalise recreational cannabis in the state. If passed, recreational
US - Florida: Just Brands, which markets CBD products under the brand Just CBD, is suing Florida authorities in federal court over a raid
US - Federal: The Senate has passed a bill that would allow doctors at the US Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) to recommend medical
US - Georgia: The Georgia Court of Appeals has ruled that delta-8 and delta-10 THC, even in edible products, are not controlled substances under Georgia law.
US - North Carolina: The North Carolina secretary of state’s office confiscated approximately $170,000 worth of THC-infused copycat food products that mimicked such brands
US - Utah: The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food has issued proposed rules to regulate home delivery of medical cannabis. The proposed rules are under a
US - Virginia: A federal judge has denied an injunction against Virginia authorities that would have prevented them from enforcing a new law that
US - Minnesota: The Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) is seeking input from the public as it drafts rules for its recreational cannabis programme. An online survey
US - Federal: A group of Massachusetts cannabis companies have filed a lawsuit against the federal government claiming that federal law that prohibits cannabis is
US - Nebraska: State attorney general Mike Hilgers announced a coordinated series of lawsuits “against retailers selling mislabeled and deceptive THC-containing products that present
US - Federal: House Republicans have elected representative Mike Johnson of Louisiana as the new House speaker after the position vacancy stalled business in
US - Federal: Senator John Boozman, ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, said that Congress will consider a one-year extension deadline for
US - Nevada: The Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board (CCB) approved amendments to regulations to modernise them after an executive order to do so earlier
US - Colorado: The newly created Natural Medicines Division (NMD) is considering allowing psilocybin edible products as part of its implementation of the Natural
US - New York: The New York Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) announced that it is extending the application deadline to apply for recreational cannabis
US - Maryland: A judge has issued a preliminary injunction to stop the enforcement of a new law that restricts the sale of hemp products that
US - California: A group of California cannabis dispensaries is suing other dispensaries and manufacturers of intoxicating hemp-derived cannabinoid (IHDC) products to prevent them from
US - Alabama: The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) has adopted emergency regulations and revisions in an effort to award medical cannabis licences by the
US - Alaska: Lieutenant governor Nancy Dahlstrom has signed new regulations into law that attempt to bring intoxicating hemp products under the same supervision
US - Georgia: Rules for Georgia’s low-THC oil programme became effective last week, paving the way for nearly 120 pharmacies agreeing to sell low-THC
