LATEST ALERTSUS - Federal: The House Energy and Commerce Committee has issued a bicameral Request for Information (RFI) on Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
US - Maine: LD 1063 (SP 432) has been signed by governor Janet Mills and enacted into law. The bill introduces changes to the
US - Federal: The House Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services held a hearing yesterday, 27th July, to address the Food and
US - federal: The House of Representatives has passed amendments to a major spending bill, granting Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) doctors the ability to recommend
US - federal: MasterCard has issued cease-and-desist letters to payment processors and banks, instructing them to stop accepting cannabis transactions through debit cards, media reports.
US - Maryland: A group of hemp businesses are suing governor Wes Moore and state lawmakers over a new law that bans the sale
Mexico: The Federal Commission for the Protection against Public Health Risks (Cofepris) has seized 1,811 products from a number of stores in the Paradise chain
US - federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning letter to Koi CBD for including an adulterant – delta-8 THC –
Colombia: A proposed amendment to the constitution to legalise recreational cannabis has been introduced again in the Chamber of Representatives as Bill 001/2023C. It is likely to
Panama: The Ministry of Health has clarified that it is currently in a selection process to grant a licence for the manufacture of
US - Federal: The Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services will hold a hearing titled “Hemp in the Modern World: The Yearslong
US - New York: The state Cannabis Control Board (CCB) has approved the Cannabis Growers Showcase, a pioneer initiative allowing licensed cannabis growers to partner with
Brazil: The National Public Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has issued a technical note clarifying that the importation of cannabis in natura, as well as flowers and parts of
Argentina: The National Food Commission has opened for public consultation a draft decree to include hemp seeds and derivatives in the list of permitted food products, as well as
US - Ohio: The State Medical Board of Ohio (SMBO) has voted to include irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) as a qualifying condition in the Ohio
US - Hawaii: House Bill 1359 has been enacted into law as Act 263, without the governor’s signature, bringing significant changes to the state’s hemp
US - Minnesota: The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has updated the state’s medical cannabis programme by adding irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Brazil: Marta Machado, Ministry of Justice spokesperson on drugs policy, has said the federal government intends to regulate the cultivation of medical cannabis,
US - New Hampshire: The Therapeutic Cannabis Program now allows out-of-state and Canadian visitors with legal authorisation to purchase therapeutic cannabis from the state’s Alternative Treatment
US - Missouri: Governor Mike Parson has signed House Bill 202 into law, repealing the Industrial Hemp Regulatory Program. The state had already transferred regulatory authority for hemp
US - Connecticut: Governor Ned Lamont has signed House Bill 6700 into law, enabling licensed hemp producers to apply for cultivator or micro-cultivator licences from
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
US - federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have issued warning letters to six companies for illegally selling food products infused with
US - Ohio: The Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol (CTRMLA) has submitted more than 220,000 signatures to qualify a recreational cannabis legalisation initiative for
Argentina: The National Food Commission has published the minutes of meetings held on 28th and 29th June, when it agreed to open a public consultation
US - New Jersey: Assembly Bill A5440 has been passed by the Assembly and now heads to the Senate. It clarifies the illegal status
Brazil: During a Chamber of Deputies (lower house) seminar on medical cannabis, the minister of agrarian development, Paulo Teixeira, from the government Worker's Party (PT),
Colombia: The High Council for Criminal Policy has highlighted the need to legalise cannabis for adult use in the country, press reports. Despite
US - Florida: Senate Bill 1676 has been signed into law by governor Ron DeSantis, bringing changes to the regulation of hemp in the state. The new law
US - Connecticut: Governor Ned Lamont has signed House Bill 6699 into law, amending the Responsible and Equitable Regulation of Adult-Use Cannabis Act. The new law
US - Indiana: A federal lawsuit has been filed in Indiana by a hemp extract manufacturer and the Midwest Hemp Council, seeking a ruling
US - Florida: House Bill 387, which expands the use of telehealth in the medical cannabis certification process, has been signed into law by governor
Colombia: The government has announced its intention to propose a new bill on recreational cannabis in July for the new legislative period, press
US - Hawaii: House Bill 1082 has been signed and enacted into law by governor Josh Green. It allows a patient’s written certification to be valid
US - Washington DC: The federal ban on Washington DC's ability to regulate cannabis sales would be renewed under a Fiscal Year 2024
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a draft guidance aimed at researchers studying the use of psychedelic drugs for
US - Federal: The House Armed Services Committee approved amendments proposed by Representatives Nancy Mace and Morgan Luttrell in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal
US - New York: Governor Kathy Hochul announced the results of initial enforcement actions against unlicensed cannabis businesses in the state of New
US - Arkansas: A circuit judge has nullified 27 medical cannabis laws found to be unconstitutional under Amendment 98, which legalised medical cannabis
US - New Hampshire: House Bill 611 has been revised by the House/Senate Conference Committee to include a commission to study state-controlled sales of cannabis,
US - Nevada: The Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board (CCB) has approved the first conditional licences for cannabis consumption lounges. It has also adopted new regulations
US - Louisiana: House Bill 460, which provides for the permitting and licensing of medical cannabis pharmacies, has been signed into law as Act
US - Connecticut: House Bill 6699, which would amend the Responsible and Equitable Regulation of Adult-Use Cannabis Act, has been passed by the Senate and
US – Rhode Island: The Office of Cannabis Regulation (OCR) has issued Advertising Guidance for Hybrid Retail Licensees after governor Daniel McKee signed House Bill
US - Wisconsin: Governor Tony Evers has signed into law Assembly Bill 245, which is primarily aimed at revenue sharing and boosting local funding.
Colombia: Bill 002/2022, which would have amended the constitution to legalise recreational cannabis, has been rejected by the Senate, press reports. While the measure gained 47 votes
US - Nevada: Senate Bill 277 has been signed and enacted into law by governor Joe Lombardo. The bill increases the limits on possession, delivery and
Colombia: The Senate failed to vote on the bill to legalise recreational cannabis last Thursday, and a debate has now been set for Tuesday,
