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Panama: A bill to regulate the production, marketing and export of hemp with a maximum of 1% THC was approved in the first debate. The bill will now
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11th October 2024 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: The government has introduced an amendment to law 10066, which regulates e-cigarettes with and without nicotine and heated tobacco. The proposed
4th October 2024 - Central America, Panama |
Panama: A bill to regulate the production, marketing and export of hemp with a maximum of 1% THC was discussed in the first debate in the
1st October 2024 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: The Constitutional Court ordered the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock to regulate law 10113, which governs the
18th July 2024 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: President Rodrigo Chaves told press he will not make further moves on the bill to legalise recreational cannabis and that the bill is
9th May 2024 - Central America, Panama |
Panama: The Ministry of Health has rejected two appeals against the decision to grant licences for the production of medical cannabis. The Evaluation Commission then
2nd April 2024 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: Government deputy Manuel Morales will ask the minister of the presidency, Natalia Díaz, to call for the discussion of the bill
1st February 2024 - Central America, Panama |
Panama: After granting seven licences for the production of medical cannabis, the Ministry of Health has suspended the granting process by accepting the
17th January 2024 - Central America, Panama |
Panama: Following the introduction of a legal framework for medical and therapeutic cannabis in 2022, the Ministry of Health has published a final report recommending the
5th September 2023 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: The Ministry of Health has issued a warning against the sale and promotion of hemp flowers and other CBD products without public health
23rd August 2023 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: A majority of deputies from the opposition National Liberation (PLN) and New Republic (PNR) parties of the Parliamentary Legislative Commission for
24th July 2023 - Central America, Panama |
Panama: The Ministry of Health has clarified that it is currently in a selection process to grant a licence for the manufacture of
7th July 2023 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: The Ministry of Health has issued the first authorisation for the manufacture of hemp-derived products, which include food and cosmetics. The authorisation is
6th June 2023 - Central America, Panama |
Panama: The country has this week called for expressions of interest from companies wishing to obtain a licence to manufacture medicinal cannabis derivatives,the
4th May 2023 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: President Rodrigo Chaves has chosen the bill to legalise sale and consumption of recreational cannabis to be heard in extraordinary sessions of the Legislative Assembly.
7th February 2023 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: Following the Executive Branch’s controversial decision to present a bill to legalise the sale of recreational cannabis, the Ministry of Health has proposed
26th January 2023 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: After being rejected by several sectors of society, the Executive Branch has decided to present a new bill to legalise the
19th January 2023 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: The National Assembly has published a technical report about the recreational cannabis legalisation bill. The report warns that the bill may be
16th January 2023 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: During a meeting organised by the Legislative Assembly Environment Committee on the recreational cannabis legalisation bill, the vice-minister of health Alexei
7th December 2022 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: The Ministry of Health has published guidelines on the procedure for requesting the authorisation necessary to manufacture, store, transport, use, distribute
30th November 2022 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: The Legislative Assembly Environment Committee has unanimously agreed to ask the Episcopal Conference and the Evangelical Alliance for an opinion on
23rd November 2022 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: The Judicial Investigation Agency has announced its opposition to a bill – put forward by president Rodrigo Chaves – to legalise cannabis
7th November 2022 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: On 4th November the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock approved the first licence to cultivate and process hemp for food and
7th October 2022 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: The bill to legalise recreational cannabis announced yesterday (6th October) by president Rodrigo Chaves was published on the National Assembly website.
6th October 2022 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: The government has sent a Cannabis Control and Regulation Bill to the Legislative Assembly. While the bill has not yet been published,
3rd October 2022 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: President Rodrigo Chaves has signed the medical and therapeutic cannabis regulations that regulate the Cannabis for Medicinal and Therapeutic Use and
29th September 2022 - Central America, Panama |
Panama: The National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC) has published the results of a survey conducted in over 16,000 homes, which found only 7%
8th September 2022 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: President Rodrigo Chaves, during a government press conference, signed the industrial hemp regulations on the Cannabis for Medicinal and Therapeutic Use and on Hemp for Food and
2nd September 2022 - Central America, Panama |
Panama: The two Executive Decrees that further regulate cannabis for medical and therapeutic use – which were announced yesterday by the president – were published
1st September 2022 - Central America, Panama |
Panama: President Laurentino Cortizo Cohen has signed two executive decrees related to Law 242 of 2021, which introduced a legal framework for medicinal and therapeutic use
29th August 2022 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: On 23rd August, the Ministry of Agriculture opened a public consultation for the regulations on the Cannabis for Medicinal and Therapeutic Use and
29th August 2022 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: President Rodrigo Chaves has said that the promised recreational cannabis legalisation bill should be presented before November, when the period of
23rd August 2022 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: The Legislative Assembly has reacted positively to president Rodrigo Chaves’s announcement last week about recreational cannabis legalisation, press reports. So far, the only party to
17th August 2022 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: President Rodrigo Chaves has announced that the government will present a bill to legalise the use of recreational cannabis, press reports. He also said
29th July 2022 - Belize, Central America |
Belize: After the Belize Coalition of Churches met the population threshold to hold a referendum for the Cannabis Control and Licensing Bill, the deputy
11th July 2022 - Belize, Central America |
Belize: The Belize Coalition of Churches has met the 10% population threshold to hold a referendum for the Cannabis Control and Licensing Bill, press reports.
11th July 2022 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: President Rodrigo Chaves has said the draft regulation for the growing and industrial of hemp and medicinal cannabis will be “simple and practical” and
28th June 2022 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: The minister of agriculture, Laura Bonilla, has said that a regulation draft for hemp and medicinal cannabis cultivation and industrialisation is 50%
9th June 2022 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: The minister of agriculture, Laura Bonilla, has said that a commission is working on a regulation draft for hemp and medicinal
26th May 2022 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: An amendment to the hemp and medicinal cannabis law, eliminating the need for a licence for cultivation, production and sale, has come into force,
29th April 2022 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: The National Assembly passed a bill to amend the recently approved hemp and medicinal cannabis law. It simplifies the authorisation process for cultivation,
12th April 2022 - Central America, Honduras |
Honduras: Vice-president Salvador Nasralla has backed the legalisation of medical cannabis, press reports. He suggested in a video that legalisation would generate jobs, giving the
7th April 2022 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: Following the legalisation of medicinal cannabis and industrial hemp in March, president Carlos Alvarado has reiterated his commitment to ensuring smooth passage for the cannabis
21st March 2022 - Belize, Central America |
Belize: The Senate has debated the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill, media reports. The government introduced the bill last year with the aim of legalising the
17th March 2022 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: Deputies presented a bill to amend the recently approved hemp and medicinal cannabis bill. The amendment tackles the same topic that was previously vetoed by
3rd March 2022 - Central America, Costa Rica |
2nd March 2022 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: In a second and final debate yesterday, the Legislative Assembly approved president Carlos Alvarado’s partial veto of the bill regulating the cultivation and
25th February 2022 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: In a first debate yesterday, the Chamber of Deputies approved president Carlos Alvarado’s partial veto of the bill regulating the cultivation and
21st February 2022 - Belize, Central America |
17th February 2022 - Costa Rica, South America |
Costa Rica: The Environment Legislative Committee has accepted president Carlos Alvarado’s partial veto of the bill regulating the cultivation and sale of medicinal cannabis and industrial hemp, press reports.
