LATEST ALERTS
Regulation and legislation
Spain’s first medical cannabis regulation could boost sector despite restrictions
29th July 2022 - News analysis |
Patients in Spain will soon be able to access cannabis in pharmacies with a medical prescription as the government is about to introduce new legislation
Bills to regulate recreational cannabis introduced…
29th July 2022 - Alerts | Colombia, South America |
Cannabis bill referendum deferred until further notice…
29th July 2022 - Alerts | Belize, Central America |
Bill to remove hemp from controlled substances list passes…
29th July 2022 - Alerts | Australasia, Fiji |
Committee recommendations for CBD products published…
29th July 2022 - Alerts | Canada, North America |
Senator files bill to legalise medical cannabis…
22nd July 2022 - Alerts | Asia, Philippines |
First medical cannabis dispensary to open…
22nd July 2022 - Alerts | North America, South Dakota, United States |
House Committee on Agriculture hemp production hearing scheduled…
22nd July 2022 - Alerts | North America, United States |
Luxembourg: CBD and cannabis regulation, July 2022
20th July 2022 - Regulatory reports |
This report offers a detailed summary of the current regulatory framework in place for CBD, hemp and cannabis in Luxembourg. It covers everything from hemp cultivation and processing, to finished products and extracts, and the country’s medical and recreational cannabis policies
Argentina’s hemp industry hoping new legal framework will encompass delta-8
19th July 2022 - News analysis |
The Argentine hemp industry is hopeful that sales of delta-8 THC hemp products will be formally permitted under the country’s new legal framework for cannabinoids
UK: CBD and cannabis snapshot
18th July 2022 - Market reports , Regulatory reports |
This snapshot of the UK’s CBD and cannabis sector covers both the regulatory framework for CBD as well as cannabis (recreational and medical) and offers an overview of the market, online retailers and consumer preferences
USDA will oversee state hemp production from 2023…
15th July 2022 - Alerts | North America, United States, Vermont |
Upcoming applications for conditional adult-use retail licence…
15th July 2022 - Alerts | New York, North America, United States |
Bill to decriminalise cannabis to be introduced…
15th July 2022 - Alerts | North America, United States |
House tries again with SAFE Banking Act…
15th July 2022 - Alerts | North America, United States |
US 0.3% THC limit challenge dismissed: what could it mean for hemp producers?
15th July 2022 - News analysis |
Hemp producers have lost an important challenge on the 0.3% THC threshold for hemp-derived products in the US, potentially making producers liable if they go over the threshold during production, whether or not the end product meets the limitation
Guidelines on sale of cannabis seeds published…
15th July 2022 - Alerts | Argentina, South America |
Cannabis or marijuana? Why it matters what name you (and the law) know it by
13th July 2022 - Blogs , News analysis |
There is quite a bit of baggage in how reference is made to the Cannabis sativa plant – as demonstrated by what’s behind a new change to the law in the US state of Washington
Incoming Colombian government has big plans for the country’s cannabis industry
8th July 2022 - News analysis |
Colombian president-elect Gustavo Petro says he will prioritise development of the nation’s cannabis industry and is promising that he will improve regulation, expand the existing legal framework and clarify production regulation as well as decriminalise consumption
Hopes for medical cannabis ballot initiative in November…
8th July 2022 - Alerts | Nebraska, North America, United States |
Austria: CBD and cannabis regulation, July 2022
7th July 2022 - Regulatory reports |
This report offers a detailed summary of the current regulatory framework in place for CBD, hemp and cannabis in Austria. It covers everything from hemp cultivation and processing, to finished products and extracts, and the country’s medical and recreational cannabis policies
EU CBD cosmetics regulation: updates on EU and member state positions
6th July 2022 - Regulatory reports |
This report seeks to outline the substance of the discussion at the EU level about the use of CBD and other hemp ingredients in cosmetic products, gleaned from documents CBD-Intel has obtained from EU authorities that show input provided by some member states on the matter, as requested by the European Commission
No magic solution: EFSA ingestible CBD safety concerns won’t be resolved quickly
1st July 2022 - Blogs , News analysis |
It looks like there will be no easy or quick solutions to addressing the data gaps the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) requires to reach a conclusion on the safety of CBD as an ingestible ingredient
Hemp cultivation to be examined from grower and consumer perspective…
1st July 2022 - Alerts | Europe, United Kingdom |
FSA updates list of CBD products approved for England and Wales…
1st July 2022 - Alerts | England, Europe, United Kingdom, Wales |
Intoxicating artificially derived cannabinoids cannot be made or sold…
1st July 2022 - Alerts | North America, Oregon, United States |
Hemp and its products made permanently legal…
1st July 2022 - Alerts | North America, North Carolina, United States |
Senate passes recreational cannabis cultivation tax elimination bill…
1st July 2022 - Alerts | California, North America, United States |
Deadline for comments on medical cannabis rules…
1st July 2022 - Alerts | Argentina, South America |
Japan: CBD and cannabis regulation, June 2022
30th June 2022 - Regulatory reports |
This report offers a detailed overview of Japan’s regulatory regime for cannabis, CBD and hemp, covering all policy areas and discussing future changes to the law
County DA sends warning letters on THC content in hemp products…
30th June 2022 - Alerts | North America, Pennsylvania, United States |
Bill amendments could keep hemp and its products legal permanently…
30th June 2022 - Alerts | Minnesota, North America, North Carolina, United States |
Retailer sues over seizure of delta-8 THC products…
30th June 2022 - Alerts | Kansas, North America, United States |
Zurich seeks cannabis users for pilot project…
28th June 2022 - Alerts | Europe, Switzerland |
Regulation for medicinal cannabis on target for deadline…
28th June 2022 - Alerts | Central America, Costa Rica |
EU novel food applications: the science behind what EFSA says it wants to know
27th June 2022 - News analysis |
The European Food Safety Authority wants more safety data before it approves CBD products as novel food. This is what it wants to know, and why, along with a summary of the science on each point
Recreational cannabis remains illegal in Delaware despite unusual efforts
24th June 2022 - News analysis |
A bid to legalise recreational cannabis in the US state of Delaware failed when lawmakers fell just short in a rare bid to overturn a governor’s veto
New laws regarding state’s medical cannabis programme…
22nd June 2022 - Alerts | Louisiana, North America, United States |
Industrial Hemp Promotion and Research Program created…
22nd June 2022 - Alerts | Louisiana, North America, United States |
New law on ‘adult-use consumable hemp products’…
22nd June 2022 - Alerts | Louisiana, North America, United States |
Supreme Court will not hear medical cannabis workers’ comp cases…
22nd June 2022 - Alerts | Minnesota, North America, United States |
Medical cannabis more accessible to patients on 1st August…
22nd June 2022 - Alerts | Europe, Switzerland |
