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Czech Republic: National anti-drug co-ordinator Jindřich Vobořil was reportedly meeting prime minister Petr Fiala and other government members today to discuss the start
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Germany: Dirk Heidenblut, member of the government-coalition Social Democratic Party (SPD) and of the Bundestag, has shared on his social media that the
Albania: The Council of Ministers has approved a bill to legalise medical and industrial cannabis. Industrial cannabis will be limited to strains with
16th June 2023 - Europe, Luxembourg |
Luxembourg: The vote on a bill to decriminalise possession of small amounts of cannabis and allow home cultivation in Luxembourg has been scheduled by Parliament
15th June 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: A prescription for cannabis flower (from Zerenia Clinics UK) has been reimbursed by the National Health Service (NHS) for the first time.
15th June 2023 - Europe |
EU: The EU parliament approved with nearly unanimous support the proposal for a new regulation on batteries with the aim of making them more
EU: The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published France’s intention to submit CBD to the registry of harmonised classification and labelling (CLH) due to its
15th June 2023 - Europe |
EU: The European Commission has launched a call for scientific data on the safety of CBD and other hemp-derived products in cosmetics, within the framework
France: The National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (ANSM) has made the decision to classify hexahydrocannabinol (HHC), hexahydrocannabiphorol (HHCP)
Germany: Last week, the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) adjusted the sales price for the nationally cultivated medical cannabis flowers from €4.80
Bulgaria: The Ministry of Economy and Industry has notified a bill to the European Commission's TRIS database which allows cultivation and processing of industrial hemp
Malta: At a press conference held yesterday, the CEO of the Authority for the Responsible Use of Cannabis (ARUC), Leonid Mckay, said that
France: Senator Gilbert-Luc Devinaz of the Socialist, Ecologist and Republican group has introduced a bill to regulate recreational cannabis and cannabis-derived products as a state monopoly.
Slovenia: Rules amending the Regulation on the conditions for obtaining a permit for the cultivation of hemp have been published in the Official Gazette, increasing the maximum
Lithuania: The Central Election Commission has refused to register a civic initiative calling for a referendum to reject cannabis decriminalisation bills that are
Hungary: The government has today notified via the EU TRIS system a bill to include HHC, HHC-O and HHC-P on the narcotics list.
6th June 2023 - Europe |
EU: The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) yesterday published its report Cannabis laws in Europe: questions and answers for policymaking. The report
6th June 2023 - Europe |
EU: The European Commission has revised the entry for Cannabis sativa L. in the Novel Food Catalogue. The modification involves the inclusion of hemp leaves, specifically
Lithuania: The Central Election Commission has received public appeals for a referendum on the issue of cannabis decriminalisation, media reports.
2nd June 2023 - Europe |
EU: French MEP Aurélia Beigneux has submitted a parliamentary question to the European Commission raising concerns over the fact that hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) is "currently flooding our continent because of
1st June 2023 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: Health minister Vlastimil Válek does not share the confidence shown by national anti-drug coordinator Jindřich Vobořil that the bill to legalise
30th May 2023 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: National anti-drug co-ordinator Jindřich Vobořil told the Cannabis Summit in Prague at the weekend that the government intends to move forward with its plans
Malta: Following feedback obtained in its stakeholder consultation, the Authority for the Responsible Use of Cannabis has updated some of the regulatory framework
Turkey: The re-election of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to a third term as president, while the People’s Alliance led by his Justice and Development
Sweden: The Public Health Agency has proposed that the government should classify hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) and hexahydrocannabiphorol (HHCP) as narcotics. HHC and HHCP, currently
Spain: Yesterday's local and regional elections resulted in a setback for the ruling Socialist Party, and today president Pedro Sánchez announced that parliamentary
Spain: The Spanish Pain Society (SED) is urging the government to regulate medical cannabis, press reports. Experts at the SED's XIX National Congress
Denmark: An executive order has already come into force, adding HHC to the list of banned euphoric substances.
Germany: Following the example of his opposite number in Bavaria in criticising the federal plan to legalise recreational cannabis, North Rhine-Westphalia’s health minister Karl-Josef Laumann
Belgium: British American Tobacco (BAT) is to take a challenge to Belgium’s top administrative court, the Council of State, against the royal decree banning nicotine- and cannabinoid-containing
24th May 2023 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: National anti-drug coordinator Jindřich Vobořil said yesterday that CBD and HHC should not be banned, but specifically regulated in a similar
Lithuania: The Seimas (parliament) has approved the government’s 12-year agenda on drug, tobacco and alcohol control, which aims to reduce supply and consumption,
Iceland: A proposal that a Ministry of Health working group draws up a bill enabling companies to apply for licences to produce and distribute medicinal
Portugal: The chief inspector of the National Operations of the Economic and Food Safety Authority (ASAE), Ana Oliveira, has told the press that
22nd May 2023 - Europe, Netherlands |
Netherlands: The local authority of Amsterdam has approved the decision to prohibit tourists and residents from smoking cannabis in the streets of the
Belgium: The Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety and the Environment has updated its positive list of notified herbal products for smoking, which includes
18th May 2023 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: National anti-drug coordinator Jindřich Vobořil has told media he hopes proposed legislation on the regulated cannabis market will go to the
17th May 2023 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: Prime minister Petr Fiala has met with ministers and national anti-drug coordinator Jindřich Vobořil and agreed to scrap the proposed enforcement
16th May 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The House of Commons is to debate psilocybin access rights on Thursday (18th May). The Conservative Drug Policy Reform Group, the Royal College
Bulgaria: A bill to amend the Law on the Control of Narcotic Substances and Precursors has been reintroduced in Parliament by the centre-right party Democratic Bulgaria.
France: Health minister François Braun has said that hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) will be banned in the coming weeks. "It is not classified as narcotic
Germany: Bavaria's health ministry has criticised the federal Ministry of Health's draft law to legalise recreational cannabis. "Federal Health Minister Lauterbach's draft law
12th May 2023 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: On 10th May, the Czech Republic notified through the EU Commission's TRIS database a draft regulation to add hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) and
Lithuania: This week, the Rural Affairs Committee of the Seimas (parliament) decided that the legislation regulating the industrial hemp sector should be improved,
Bulgaria: The Ministry of Agriculture has issued a decree changing the requirements for hemp cultivation licences. It raises the THC cap from 0.2% to 0.3%
Lithuania: The Department of Drug, Tobacco and Alcohol Control (NTAKD) supports an initiative to decriminalise the possession of small amounts of cannabis, media
10th May 2023 - Europe, Switzerland |
10th May 2023 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: Following a recent announcement that the State Agricultural and Food Inspection Authority (SZPI) is to introduce a ban on the sale
Italy: The Ministry of Health reports that over 1.5 tonnes of medical cannabis were sold in 2022, of which only 0.2 tonnes were produced
