Regulation and legislation
House agriculture committee holds hearing on 2024 Farm Bill today…
23rd May 2024 - Alerts | North America, United States |
House passes second reading of Access to Medical Cannabis Act…
23rd May 2024 - Alerts | Asia, Philippines |
DEA publishes proposed rule for marijuana rescheduling…
22nd May 2024 - Alerts | North America, United States |
Cannabis bill unanimously passed by Assembly, heads to Senate…
22nd May 2024 - Alerts | California, North America, United States |
Canadian cannabis firms ‘barely keeping their heads above water’ under tax load
22nd May 2024 - News analysis |
Canada’s cannabis industry is warning more cannabis companies may be forced to close their doors in the coming months, after the Canadian government failed to deliver excise duty relief in this year’s federal budget
Cannabis café bill heads to Senate…
21st May 2024 - Alerts | California, North America, United States |
Bill regulating hemp products signed into law…
21st May 2024 - Alerts | Iowa, North America, United States |
Cannabis regulation proposal to be discussed by coalition…
21st May 2024 - Alerts | Czech Republic, Europe |
The long road to EFSA authorisation for CBD as novel food in the European Union
20th May 2024 - News analysis |
In June 2022, the European Food Safety Authority broke some very bad news to CBD companies applying for their products to be authorised as novel food in the European Union
DoJ submits proposed regulation to reschedule marijuana…
17th May 2024 - Alerts | United States |
Hemp products can be sold by beer permit holders…
16th May 2024 - Alerts | North America, Tennessee, United States |
Anvisa approves Regulatory Impact Analysis Report on medical cannabis…
16th May 2024 - Alerts | Brazil, South America |
Bill to amend state cannabis law signed by governor…
14th May 2024 - Alerts | Connecticut, North America, United States |
Recreational cannabis rules passed, sales could begin in June…
14th May 2024 - Alerts | North America, Ohio, United States |
Malawi’s legalisation of medical cannabis leaves Rasta community ‘disappointed’
13th May 2024 - News analysis |
Malawi has legalised the cultivation of a potent local variety of cannabis for industrial and medicinal use but maintained the criminal status of its recreational use – raising concerns among the Rastafarian community
Cannabis tax-related bill passes House and heads to Senate…
13th May 2024 - Alerts | Alaska, North America, United States |
Bill amending the state’s cannabis law heads to the governor…
13th May 2024 - Alerts | North America, United States, Vermont |
House passes bill to allow dispensaries to sell hemp products and food…
10th May 2024 - Alerts | Colorado, North America, United States |
Bill to prohibit synthetic cannabinoids heads to governor…
9th May 2024 - Alerts | Connecticut, North America, United States |
House bill to amend state cannabis law passes Senate…
9th May 2024 - Alerts | Connecticut, North America, United States |
Initiative to legalise recreational cannabis could go to vote again…
9th May 2024 - Alerts | North America, South Dakota, United States |
‘Revolutionary’ US cannabis rescheduling set to increase companies’ profitability
9th May 2024 - News analysis |
The reclassification of cannabis to a less restrictive schedule of the US Controlled Substances Act will have crucial implications for the industry, especially as far as taxation is concerned, experts say
With appeals rejected, selected companies can produce medical cannabis…
9th May 2024 - Alerts | Central America, Panama |
UK FSA novel food committee gives CBD brands first positive safety assessments
6th May 2024 - News analysis |
UK-based CBD brands Cannaray and Pureis are the first to obtain a positive safety assessment from the Food and Standards Agency (FSA) Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes