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US - California: Governor Gavin Newsom has announced that a Los Angeles Superior Court judge rejected an attempt by industry stakeholders to block new California regulations banning ingestible hemp
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US - New Jersey: A New Jersey Federal District Court entered an order largely granting a request to invalidate New Jersey’s recent amendments to its hemp laws,
US - Tennessee: The Tennessee Department of Agriculture has published final rules on hemp products that will make one popular hemp product illegal at
1st October 2024 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: Vice-president Kamala Harris reiterated her support for legalising marijuana (cannabis with more than 0.3% delta-9 THC) for the first time
US - Arkansas: The Arkansas secretary of state has determined that a proposed ballot initiative to increase access to medical cannabis did not gain
US - California: Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law Assembly Bill (AB) 1775, which will allow localities to permit cannabis dispensaries to serve food and non-alcoholic
US - Kentucky: The Kentucky Office of Medical Cannabis has issued its first medical cannabis licence, press reports. The licence was awarded to a
26th September 2024 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The Cannabinoid Safety and Regulation Act (CSRA) has been introduced in the US Senate by senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley.
US - California: A ban on ingestible hemp products with any detectable amount of THC was approved by the Office of Administrative Law
US - Missouri: The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) will not designate any more intoxicating hemp-derived cannabinoid (IHDC) products as adulterated, as ordered
US - Utah: The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food has proposed a rule that would prohibit “artificially derived cannabinoids”, which would specifically include
US - South Carolina: Solicitor general Robert Cook issued an opinion letter finding that non-alcoholic beverages containing up to 0.3% delta-9 THC that
New Jersey: Senate Bill (SB) 3235 has been signed into law by governor Phil Murphy. SB 3235 requires a licence from the Cannabis Regulatory Commission or certain
US - California: Governor Gavin Newsom announced he has issued proposed emergency regulations that would outlaw hemp products with any “detectable amount of total
6th September 2024 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that hemp-derived tetrahydrocannabinol acetate (THCO) meets the federal definition of hemp and is therefore
US - California: The Office of Administrative Law has approved the amendment to Section 4890 in Title 3 of the California Code of Regulations
US - Missouri: The Division of Cannabis Regulation (DCR) has issued a cannabis recall notice saying that the recalled products were not compliantly tracked in the
US - Nebraska: The office of secretary of state Bob Evnen has announced that the statutory measures to legalise medical cannabis have met signature requirements and
US - California: Assembly Bill (AB) 1775 has been passed by the Assembly and now heads to the governor’s desk. AB 1775 would allow
US - Florida: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said he believes voters will support a November ballot initiative that would legalise recreational
27th August 2024 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has published a notice informing of a public hearing on 2nd December to address the agency’s
US - Missouri: Missouri secretary of state Jay Ashcroft blocked governor Michael Parson’s emergency order banning unregulated hemp-derived intoxicating food products, saying that
US - Missouri: The Division of Cannabis Regulation (DCR) issued cannabis recall notices last week involving 135,000 cannabis products. The first notice involves
US - Wyoming: Wyoming’s ban on the sale of hemp products containing delta-8 THC or any synthetic substances will remain in place after a federal judge granted
US - California: Governor Gavin Newsom has announced that an operation led by his Unified Cannabis Enforcement Taskforce (UCETF) seized more than 2.2m illegal
US - Texas: The Dallas City Council put the Dallas Freedom Act, a cannabis decriminalisation proposition, on the November general election ballot. The
US - Delaware: The Office of Marijuana Commissioner (OMC) has announced it will begin accepting online licence applications starting 19th August – two weeks
US - North Dakota: North Dakota secretary of state Michael Howe has announced that a recreational cannabis legalisation initiative has officially qualified for the
US - Iowa: Plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging a recently enacted law that limits the amount of hemp-derived THC beverages can contain have dismissed
US - Georgia: The Georgia Department of Agriculture has published a proposed rule on consumable hemp products, which will be under a public comment period until
US - Nevada: The Nevada Supreme Court has overruled a lower court decision and will allow cannabis to remain a Schedule I drug under state
US - New Hampshire: Governor Chris Sununu has signed House Bill (HB) 1278 into law. HB 1278 allows healthcare providers to prescribe medical cannabis to adults (21+)
US - Ohio: The legal sale of recreational cannabis in Ohio begins today. The Ohio Division of Cannabis Control is issuing Certificates of
US - North Carolina: A recreational cannabis dispensary owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) and operated on tribal lands in North Carolina
5th August 2024 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer and several other Democratic senators have sent a letter to attorney general Merrick Garland and Drug
US - Missouri: Governor Michael Parson has issued an executive order demanding that the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) deems food products
US - Iowa: A federal court has again denied a preliminary injunction to prevent the enforcement of House File (HF) 2605, a new law that
US - Wyoming: A court has denied a preliminary injunction to prevent the state from enforcing the recently passed Senate File (SF) 32. SF
US - Ohio: The Ohio Division of Cannabis Control (DCC) has issued a series of cease-and-desist letters to manufacturers of delta-8 THC products that
US - Delaware: House Bill (HB) 408 has been signed into law by governor John Carney. HB 408 allows temporary “conversion licences” to permit medical
17th July 2024 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have issued another round of cease-and-desist letters to five
US - Pennsylvania: Governor Josh Shapiro has signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 654, which encompasses the state budget for the next fiscal year.
US - New Hampshire: Governor Chris Sununu has signed into law House Bill (HB) 1349, which adds generalised anxiety disorder to the list of conditions for which medical
US - Florida: The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) has banned two hemp companies from doing business in the state for allegedly
11th July 2024 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The House Appropriations Committee approved a provision in the 2025 budget that would prevent the US Department of Justice (DOJ) from
US - North Dakota: Organisers of a ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis in North Dakota say they have submitted more than 22,000 signatures, 15,582 of
US - Nebraska: Organisers of ballot initiatives to legalise medical cannabis in Nebraska announced they have turned in 114,000 signatures each for two ballot measures, with
2nd July 2024 - United States |
US - Federal: A federal district court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by several cannabis companies challenging the constitutionality of the federal government’s prohibition on
US - Iowa: A federal court has denied a preliminary injunction to prevent House File (HF) 2605, a new law that limits the amount of THC
