
US federal regulation


SAFER Banking Act unlikely to be included in end-of-year legislation…
1st December 2023 - Daily news alerts | United States |

USDA revokes hemp licences from farmers who also grow cannabis…
28th November 2023 - Daily news alerts | United States |

Biden signs Farm Bill extension…
21st November 2023 - Daily news alerts | United States |

Senate bill would let VA doctors prescribe medical cannabis…
3rd November 2023 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |

Cannabis companies challenge federal drug law…
27th October 2023 - Daily news alerts | Massachusetts, North America, United States |

Senate Committee passes SAFER Banking Act…
27th September 2023 - Daily news alerts | United States |

Senate just might pass SAFE Banking Act this time…
15th September 2023 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |

Injunction prevents enforcement of law prohibiting IHDC sales…
12th September 2023 - Daily news alerts | Arkansas, North America, United States |

Federal cannabis ban included yet again in spending bill…
26th June 2023 - Daily news alerts | District of Columbia, North America, United States |

House Armed Services Committee approves medical cannabis and psychedelics amendments…
23rd June 2023 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |

DEA makes questionable statements in opinion letter…
16th June 2023 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |

DEA seems to flip on delta-8 regulation and 2018 Farm Bill…
19th May 2023 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |

Bipartisan legalisation bill reintroduced into House…
17th April 2023 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |

Bills on hemp and CBD regulatory framework reintroduced in the House…
20th March 2023 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |

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 |