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US federal regulation
Health agency releases advisory over CBD risks…
27th February 2023 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |
FDA to work with Congress on new regulatory pathway for CBD…
26th January 2023 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |
Investigation over FDA inaction over CBD and hemp…
13th January 2023 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |
SAFE Banking Act on shaky ground with new Congress?
20th December 2022 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |
Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act signed into law…
5th December 2022 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |
Bill introduced to establish advisory commission on cannabis regulation…
2nd December 2022 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |
US medical cannabis and CBD research bill sent for presidential approval…
17th November 2022 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |
Cannabis future – the voters decide…
8th November 2022 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |
Biden to pardon US federal offences of cannabis possession…
7th October 2022 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |
Congress members criticise FDA response to hemp bill request…
16th September 2022 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |
SAFE Banking Plus bill nearing completion…
9th September 2022 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |
Bill to decriminalise cannabis to be introduced…
15th July 2022 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |
House tries again with SAFE Banking Act…
15th July 2022 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |
Supreme Court will not hear medical cannabis workers’ comp cases…
22nd June 2022 - Daily news alerts | Minnesota, North America, United States |
Attorney general says DOJ to address cannabis issues soon…
17th June 2022 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |
Lawsuit against DEA rule on hemp dismissed…
17th June 2022 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |
US FDA sends warning letters over CBD animal products…
27th May 2022 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |
Califf says congressional action needed for CBD…
20th May 2022 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |
First federal appeals court rules on the legality of delta-8 products…
20th May 2022 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |
Congressman requests hearing over CBD and delta-8 regulation…
6th May 2022 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |
US FDA sets its sights on delta-8 THC, firing warnings over health claims
5th May 2022 - News analysis |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent warning letters to five marketers of delta-8 THC products over health claims made by the companies
DEA defines cannabis seeds with less than 0.3% THC as hemp and as legal
2nd May 2022 - News analysis |
The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has confirmed that cannabis seeds fall outside the realm of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) – regardless of how much THC the plant could eventually yield
Case against DEA interim final hemp rule opens…
20th April 2022 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |
E-commerce platform Shopify accused of shutting down legal delta-8 THC sales
19th April 2022 - News analysis |
US-based CBD shops that used Shopify to support online sales are still dealing with the fallout weeks after the e-commerce platform suddenly removed sites it deemed non-compliant
Cannabis seeds are not controlled under federal law…
8th April 2022 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |
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
US FDA warns CBD firms over fraudulent and ‘life-threatening’ Covid claims
5th April 2022 - News analysis |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued warning letters to seven CBD companies for claiming that some of the products they sell may be used to prevent or cure Covid-19
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 |
MORE Act scheduled today for floor vote in US House…
1st April 2022 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |
FDA sends CBD companies warning letters over Covid health claims….
31st March 2022 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |
Senate passes Cannabidiol and Marihuana Research Expansion Act…
25th March 2022 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |
MORE Act up for a House vote once again…
25th March 2022 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |
Omnibus bill urges FDA to regulate CBD…
14th March 2022 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |
USDA requests another hemp survey…
28th February 2022 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |
It’s not NORML: cannabis advocates warn against ‘illegal and unproven’ intoxicants
23rd February 2022 - News analysis |
One of the oldest surviving and best known advocacy organisations for cannabis legalisation has come out strongly against hemp-derived intoxicating cannabinoids such as delta-8 THC
Cannabis payments for injured workers?
23rd February 2022 - Daily news alerts | United States |
Senate confirms Califf appointment…
16th February 2022 - Daily news alerts | United States |
Intoxicating but legal? Expert views differ as US firms take the risk on delta-9 THC
1st February 2022 - News analysis |
Hemp companies are creating new products marketed to get the user high legally in all 50 US states. Industry experts disagree on whether these companies are risk-taking pioneers, or simply shortsighted
More of the same in US 2022 – expect state moves and federal stalemate
17th January 2022 - News analysis |
Last year saw no movement on cannabinoid issues at federal level in the US, as CBD-Intel predicted, and it’s not looking too good for this year either – though we anticipate some continued movement at state level
How US Democrats’ cannabis reform plans ran aground despite promises
12th January 2022 - Blogs , News analysis |
After early promise, no cannabis-focused legislation has yet made it onto president Joe Biden’s desk for signing. So why is that?
Rival bills aim to establish a pathway to the US market for ingestible CBD
3rd January 2022 - News analysis |
US representatives have introduced a bill into the House aiming to push the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate CBD in food and drinks
CBD-Intel’s crystal ball reveals possible intoxicating prospects for the year ahead
29th December 2021 - News analysis |
“Intoxicating” will be the word to watch for and THC will be the main driver for developments in 2022, CBD-Intel predicts
How well did we do? CBD-Intel’s predictions for 2021 reviewed
28th December 2021 - News analysis |
CBD-Intel was on point in its 2021 predictions. Much like the preceding year, we believed 2021 would largely be defined more by what did not happen than what did
So it’s farewell to 2021 – a year that promised little and delivered less
27th December 2021 - News analysis |
If 2020 was the year in the waiting-room then 2021 was perhaps the year of the unfulfilled hype. As predicted, there was little movement in many of the major issues controlling the CBD market
Legal eagle Kight explains how the USPS could have modified PACT Act regulation
22nd December 2021 - Blogs , News analysis |
Does the United States Postal Service (USPS) really have the authority to permit the shipping of CBD vaping products under the PACT Act?
Republican bill could create ingestible CBD pathway, but passage remains iffy
26th November 2021 - News analysis |
Nancy Mace, a first-term Republican Congresswoman from South Carolina, recently introduced a bill in the House of Representatives that would decriminalise cannabis at the federal level
Gupta’s appointment and nomination of Califf may indicate change in US climate
16th November 2021 - News analysis |
Rahul Gupta has been confirmed by the US Senate as director of National Drug Control Policy, while president Joe Biden intends to nominate Robert Califf as head of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Couche-Tard tipped for a big future in US CBD retail through its Circle K stores
11th November 2021 - News analysis |
It owns one of North America’s biggest chains of convenience stores and fuel stations – now Alimentation Couche-Tard may have the potential to become one of its foremost providers of cannabis and CBD
