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Policy and Politics
Global commission recommends drug policy reforms…
10th November 2022 - Daily news alerts | Colombia, South America |
New health committee chair served during legalisation of CBPMs…
3rd November 2022 - Daily news alerts | Europe, United Kingdom |
Cannabis supporter Netanyahu poised to return to power…
2nd November 2022 - Daily news alerts | Asia, Israel |
Schumer: SAFE Banking and social bill ‘coming soon’…
2nd November 2022 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |
Brazil’s new president supports a new drug policy…
31st October 2022 - Daily news alerts | Brazil, South America |
Health minister denies ‘key points’ paper on cannabis law…
20th October 2022 - Daily news alerts | Europe, Germany |
Medical cannabis information-gathering visit to Thailand ‘successful’…
7th October 2022 - Daily news alerts | Asia, Malaysia |
Court allows prime minister to remain in power…
3rd October 2022 - Daily news alerts | Asia, Thailand |
Brazil elections go to a second round at end of October…
3rd October 2022 - Daily news alerts | Brazil, South America |
President Petro urged to support bill on recreational cannabis…
23rd September 2022 - Daily news alerts | Colombia, South America |
SAFE Banking Plus bill nearing completion…
9th September 2022 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |
Tentative agreement to end strike in cannabis sector…
8th September 2022 - Daily news alerts | Canada, North America |
Committee recommendations for CBD products published…
29th July 2022 - Daily news alerts | Canada, North America |
Government collapse may be bad news for cannabis…
25th July 2022 - Daily news alerts | Europe, Italy |
Workers at Quebec cannabis stores strike over pay dispute…
15th July 2022 - Daily news alerts | Canada, North America |
UK cannabis policy reviewed, recommendations made…
1st July 2022 - Daily news alerts | Europe, United Kingdom |
Deadline for comments on medical cannabis rules…
1st July 2022 - Daily news alerts | Argentina, South America |
County DA sends warning letters on THC content in hemp products…
30th June 2022 - Daily news alerts | North America, Pennsylvania, United States |
INCB comments from UN session made public…
3rd June 2022 - Daily news alerts | World |
Research looks at opportunities for growth in cannabis sector…
26th May 2022 - Daily news alerts | Australasia, Australia |
President ratifies cannabis legalisation bill…
25th May 2022 - Daily news alerts | Argentina, South America |
Government antipathy to medical cannabis questioned…
24th May 2022 - Daily news alerts | Asia, Indonesia |
Clustering of cannabis shops becomes an election issue in Ontario…
23rd May 2022 - Daily news alerts | Canada, North America |
Health minister prepares steps towards legal cannabis…
5th May 2022 - Daily news alerts | Europe, Germany |
Psychedelics and mental health research: hope for public and policy support
27th April 2022 - News analysis |
Jamaica is attempting to make itself as synonymous with medical-grade psychedelics in the minds of researchers as it is with cannabis production in the minds of many
Home Office states its position on cannabis and drug policy…
21st April 2022 - Daily news alerts | Europe, United Kingdom |
Industry bodies optimistic UK regulators will take Hodges Review on board
20th April 2022 - News analysis |
Industry associations hope a review of UK policy on cannabinoids will help the government address regulation that has limited the development of the CBD and wider sectors
Argentine bill to establish legal cannabis industry set to be passed ‘within weeks’
14th April 2022 - News analysis |
Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies is expected to approve a bill creating a legal framework for the cultivation, manufacture and sale of medicinal cannabis and hemp “within two months”, CBD-Intel has been told
Medical cannabis to be legalised…
13th April 2022 - Daily news alerts | Albania, Europe |
Vice-president speaks up for legalisation of medical cannabis…
12th April 2022 - Daily news alerts | Central America, Honduras |
Canada’s cannabis industry welcomes a federal budget full of good things
11th April 2022 - News analysis |
Canada’s cannabis trade is celebrating after the government tabled a budget calling for steps to streamline a variety of tax measures and launch a strategy group to examine ways to grow the industry
So far so good, but German lawmakers urged to go further on medical cannabis
11th April 2022 - News analysis |
Five years after German patients were first allowed to obtain medical cannabis, demand has risen sharply – but there are still some unanswered issues on policy and practice that lobbyists want addressed
Argentina’s president and development minister back cannabis framework
7th April 2022 - News analysis |
Argentina’s president is urging the national Congress to approve a law this year that would establish a legal framework for the production and sale of medicinal cannabis and industrial hemp
Bid to block cannabis sales trial before it begins…
7th April 2022 - Daily news alerts | Europe, Switzerland |
Long trips for a short supply, but there’s optimism in Iowa on medical cannabis
6th April 2022 - News analysis |
Patients in Iowa who rely on supplies of medical cannabis are tightly restricted in how much they can have, and may face a long trip to get it from one of the few licensed dispensaries in the US state
House passes Medical Marijuana Research Act…
5th April 2022 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |
People vs politics – Wisconsin remains divided over what to do about cannabis
4th April 2022 - News analysis |
Lawmakers in the US state of Wisconsin are sympathetic to patients who could benefit from medical cannabis – but they don’t want to go against federal law
House passes MORE Act…
4th April 2022 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |
Disappointment across US after CBD language dropped from omnibus bill
29th March 2022 - News analysis |
CBD stakeholders hoping for clarity in US regulations were left disappointed by the passing of the $1.5tn omnibus spending bill earlier this month as some helpful language was dropped during the final negotiations
Pro-cannabis party can stand in national elections…
24th March 2022 - Daily news alerts | Europe, Spain |
Bill to legalise cannabis expected ‘by the end of the year’…
16th March 2022 - Daily news alerts | Europe, Germany |
UN drugs commission in session…
16th March 2022 - Daily news alerts | Austria, Europe, World |
Poland set to grow cannabis for medical use after Senate ratifies hemp bill
15th March 2022 - News analysis |
The Polish Senate has passed a bill introducing new regulations on hemp growing and medical cannabis with minimal changes from the version already approved by the lower parliamentary chamber, the Sejm
Government declines to decriminalise cannabis use…
15th March 2022 - Daily news alerts | Asia, India |
Grech campaigns to not revoke recreational cannabis law…
10th March 2022 - Daily news alerts | Europe, Malta |
New York’s new law could offer some liberty for local hemp producers
4th March 2022 - News analysis |
Hemp companies are poised to benefit from a new law in New York put forward to help ease supply issues that often occur when a state opens up a legal recreational cannabis market
Regulatory report: Central America, March 2022
4th March 2022 - Regulatory reports |
Covers: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Overall, the region is restrictive on hemp and cannabis, with exceptions being Belize, Costa Rica and Panama
Virginia bill could pose significant threat to CBD products in the state
3rd March 2022 - News analysis |
A bill originally aimed at restricting the shapes that edible cannabis products may take has morphed into a potential significant threat to CBD products in Virginia
