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Regulation and legislation
South Africa: CBD and cannabis regulation, June 2023
20th June 2023 - Regulatory reports |
This report provides an overview of the current regulatory framework in place in South Africa for hemp, CBD and other cannabinoids, as well as medical and recreational cannabis
Senate fails to vote on cannabis bill…
19th June 2023 - Alerts | Colombia, South America |
Colombia recreational cannabis bill in jeopardy after Senate debate fizzles out
19th June 2023 - News analysis |
A historic law that seeks to legalise the sale and distribution of recreational cannabis in Colombia is in jeopardy of being shelved after the country’s Senate failed to vote on the initiative on 15th June
Medical cannabis licences delayed over scoring irregularities…
19th June 2023 - Alerts | Alabama, North America, United States |
France puts wheels in motion that could get CBD cosmetics banned across Europe
16th June 2023 - News analysis |
France has started a process that could end with a Europe-wide ban on CBD-containing cosmetic products if an EU assessment finds them not safe for consumers’ reproductive health
Upcoming vote to allow possession and home cultivation…
16th June 2023 - Alerts | Europe, Luxembourg |
OCM issues emergency regulations for unlicensed sales…
16th June 2023 - Alerts | New York, North America, United States |
Are Africa’s cannabis dreams dying or is there hope they can still come true?
16th June 2023 - Blogs |
Legalisation of cannabis cultivation was met with initial excitement in many African countries, such as Malawi, where it offered new economic hopes in a poor agrarian economy
Senate bill aiming to increase individual possession, delivery and production limits passes House…
15th June 2023 - Alerts | Nevada, North America, United States |
Budget law gives state-level tax relief to cannabis businesses…
15th June 2023 - Alerts | Connecticut, North America, United States |
Budget bill to help cannabis businesses get tax deductions at state level…
15th June 2023 - Alerts | Illinois, North America, United States |
Psychedelic Medicines Working Group established…
15th June 2023 - Alerts | Nevada, North America, United States |
Recreational cannabis bills make their way through…
15th June 2023 - Alerts | Colombia, South America |
Belgian ban on cannabinoid pouches comes under attack from tobacco giant
13th June 2023 - News analysis |
British American Tobacco (BAT) will petition Belgium’s highest administrative court, the Council of State, to annul a royal decree banning the sale of cannabinoid pouches, along with those containing nicotine
Telehealth medical cannabis bill awaits governor’s OK…
13th June 2023 - Alerts | Louisiana, North America, United States |
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
