LATEST ALERTS
Regulation and legislation
Health Canada updates list of approved hemp varieties for 2023…
9th June 2023 - Alerts | Canada, North America |
Craft brewers among those who will benefit from new hemp law…
8th June 2023 - Alerts | Minnesota, North America, United States |
Luxembourg’s recreational cannabis plan likely to go the same way as Germany’s
8th June 2023 - News analysis |
Germany’s recent announcement that it has scaled back its plans to legalise recreational cannabis could have a knock-on effect on its smaller neighbour Luxembourg’s planned pilot programme
Hemp and IHDC bill signed into law by governor…
7th June 2023 - Alerts | Colorado, North America, United States |
European Union: CBD and cannabis regulation, June 2023
6th June 2023 - Regulatory reports |
This report provides a detailed analysis of the regulatory framework in place in the European Union for cannabis, hemp, CBD and other cannabinoids – intoxicating or not – covering all policy areas
French guidelines on CBD supplements: big deal or much ado about nothing?
6th June 2023 - News analysis |
France has created temporary guidelines allowing CBD companies to register their products as food supplements pending authorisation under the EU’s upcoming novel foods regulation
Invitation goes out to would-be medical cannabis manufacturers…
6th June 2023 - Alerts | Central America, Panama |
Supreme Court postpones drug possession decriminalisation ruling…
2nd June 2023 - Alerts | Brazil, South America |
Senate backs rise in limits on cannabis possession…
1st June 2023 - Alerts | Nevada, North America, United States |
Medical Marijuana Authority given laboratory rights…
1st June 2023 - Alerts | North America, Oklahoma, United States |
Assembly approves catering and events on cannabis premises…
1st June 2023 - Alerts | California, North America, United States |
Assembly seeks to make hemp licence rules clearer…
1st June 2023 - Alerts | California, North America, United States |
Cannabis retailers can now accept online payments…
1st June 2023 - Alerts | Colorado, North America, United States |
Canadian cannabis policies give the lawbreakers an edge, says watchdog
1st June 2023 - News analysis |
Canada’s Competition Bureau says federal government policies are making it more difficult for the country’s fledgling legal cannabis industry to compete with the illegal market
Belgium aims to bring herbal products under clarified heated tobacco rules
31st May 2023 - News analysis |
Herbal products and devices will fall under the Belgian regulatory framework for tobacco if a bill to incorporate Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100, submitted into the EU TRIS database, goes into effect unchanged
Hemp Roundtable criticise FDA over CBD regulation…
31st May 2023 - Alerts | North America, United States |
Recreational cannabis to be legal from 1st August…
31st May 2023 - Alerts | Minnesota, North America, United States |
Czech Republic heads towards legal recreational cannabis within a year
30th May 2023 - News analysis |
Recreational cannabis may become legal and regulated in the Czech Republic within the first half of 2024, as the government prepares to push a bill through Parliament by the end of this year
Vobořil: ‘we press ahead on recreational cannabis’…
30th May 2023 - Alerts | Czech Republic, Europe |
Revised German cannabis plan triggers black market fears, disappoints firms
30th May 2023 - News analysis |
The German government has scaled back its plan to establish a national commercial recreational cannabis market with a two-part reform framework that would legalise possession, home cultivation and cannabis clubs
Competition Bureau gives recommendations for Cannabis Act review…
29th May 2023 - Alerts | Canada, North America |
OCM creates farmers’ markets for cannabis…
29th May 2023 - Alerts | New York, North America, United States |
Draft regulations for recreational cannabis market unveiled…
29th May 2023 - Alerts | Maryland, North America, United States |
Minnesota set to join 22 other US states in legalising recreational cannabis
26th May 2023 - News analysis |
Legal recreational cannabis sales for adult use are expected to begin next year in Minnesota following agreement on a bill between the state’s House and Senate
Governor signs several psychedelic and drug-related bills…
26th May 2023 - Alerts | Minnesota, North America, United States |
Legislature calls for federal cannabis legalisation…
26th May 2023 - Alerts | Nevada, North America, United States |
Medical cannabis bill published in Official Gazette…
26th May 2023 - Alerts | Chile, South America |
Election winners pledge to roll back Thailand’s booming cannabis trade
25th May 2023 - News analysis |
Thailand’s government-in-waiting has said it will reclassify cannabis as a narcotic drug and promised a crackdown on imports and unlicensed dispensaries
Regulatory framework laid down for psychedelic medicines…
25th May 2023 - Alerts | Colorado, North America, United States |
Medical and adult-use cannabis regulations clarified…
23rd May 2023 - Alerts | Montana, North America, United States |
Dual dispensaries can begin recreational sales…
23rd May 2023 - Alerts | Montana, North America, United States |
Bill around THC quantity in recreational cannabis becomes law…
22nd May 2023 - Alerts | Montana, North America, United States |
Governor signs synthetic cannabis product bill into law…
22nd May 2023 - Alerts | Montana, North America, United States |
Bill legalising recreational cannabis is sent to governor for signature…
22nd May 2023 - Alerts | Minnesota, North America, United States |
Law enacted to provide clarity on cannabis use by caregivers…
22nd May 2023 - Alerts | Maryland, North America, United States |
