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US - Florida: The Florida Department of Health has issued an emergency rule setting limits on daily dosages for medical cannabis under Florida Statute 381.986(4)(f). The daily dosage
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US - California: The state legislature has passed several cannabis-related bills and sent them to governor Gavin Newsom for final approval. Assembly Bill 2188 would
30th August 2022 - North America, United States |
US - federal: US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a notice seeking to buy portable cannabis analysers that can determine the presence and quantity
US - Oklahoma: A court referee is taking arguments to the state supreme court, which will decide whether a ballot initiative to legalise recreational
US - Michigan: Michigan State Police is suspending its use of a test for THC impairment in drivers after it became apparent that lab testing
US - New York: The Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) has begun to accept its first applications for recreational dispensary licences. The first recreational
US - California: Amendments to Senate Bill (SB) 1326 have been concurred to by the Senate, and the bill will now go to the
US - Oregon: The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC) and Curaleaf have reached an agreement whereby the company will pay a fine of
25th August 2022 - North America, United States |
US - federal: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is issuing a refund to consumers who purchased CBD products from Kushly Industries, due to misleading medical
US - South Dakota: Governor Kristi Noem has said she will not challenge the ballot initiative that would legalise cannabis possession in South Dakota
US - Oklahoma: The Oklahoma secretary of state has validated over 117,000 signatures – well above the required 94,911 – for a ballot initiative
US - New York: New York City mayor Eric Adams has announced an initiative to assist social equity applicants with retail licence applications and provide long-term
US - Nebraska: Two ballot initiatives to legalise medical cannabis in Nebraska failed to gather enough signatures to reach the November ballot, press reports. Organisers reportedly
US - California: The Assembly has amended and passed Senate Bill 1326 and sent it back to the Senate to consider the amendments. The bill
US - Nevada: The opening of cannabis consumption lounges in Las Vegas have been delayed due to issues regulating the lounges locally, press reports. Although state
US - Connecticut: As state authorities begin issuing cannabis licences, a spate of lawsuits could delay the licensing process, local media reports. Thirteen lawsuits have
US - Maine: A federal appeals court has held that Maine's requirement that directors of medical cannabis dispensaries be Maine residents violates the US constitution.
16th August 2022 - North America, United States |
US Virgin Islands: The Virgin Islands Cannabis Advisory Board (VICAB) has agreed to post proposed rules of the Caribbean territory’s medical cannabis programme. The proposed rules
US - North Dakota: The North Dakota secretary of state has certified that a measure to legalise recreational cannabis will appear on the
US - New York: In the latest step towards recreational cannabis sales, the New York Office of Cannabis Management has approved its first 15 recreational cannabis processor licences.
US - Arkansas: The Arkansas Supreme Court will allow a ballot measure that would legalise recreational cannabis onto the November ballot, but whether the votes
US - Georgia: A judge has sided with a CBD store in Catoosa County in a dispute with the sheriff’s department over the legality
US - Missouri: Secretary of state Jay Ashcroft has certified that a ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis in the state has gained enough signatures to
US - Kentucky: A circuit court has entered a permanent injunction against the Kentucky State Police barring them from taking enforcement action against manufacturers and retailers
US - Arkansas: Responsible Growth Arkansas, organisers of a ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis, have filed a lawsuit with the Arkansas Supreme Court
US - Arkansas: The State Board of Election Commissioners declined to certify a ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis because a THC limitation was
3rd August 2022 - North America, United States |
US - federal: Several Republican senators have introduced a bill – Senate Bill 4628 – that would make it a crime to manufacture or
US - Louisiana: House Bill 697 is now in effect, making changes to the licensing of medical cannabis in the state. While allowing the manufacturing
2nd August 2022 - North America, United States |
US - federal: The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), along with seven other National Institutes of Health (NIH) centres, has issued a notice
US - Oklahoma: The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA) announced that its moratorium on the processing of new grower, processor, and dispensary licences for medical cannabis
US - Massachusetts: Lawmakers approved a reconciliation bill, Senate Bill (SB) 3096, just before the end of the legislative session and will now send the bill
US - Arkansas: The secretary of state's office has confirmed that enough valid signatures were turned in for a ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis
US - Missouri: An unofficial count by the secretary of state’s office indicates that organisers of a ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis are
27th July 2022 - North America, United States |
US - federal: Democrat senator Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico has introduced the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Advertising Act, which would allow radio
27th July 2022 - North America, United States |
US - federal: The Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act (MMCREA) has been passed by the House of Representatives and now heads to the
26th July 2022 - North America, United States |
Guam (US Pacific territory): The Department of Revenue and Taxation will begin accepting licence applications for recreational cannabis businesses on 29th August, press reports. The
26th July 2022 - North America, United States |
US - federal: Complaints were filed with the California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in May and
26th July 2022 - North America, United States |
US - federal: The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on “Decriminalizing cannabis at the federal level: necessary steps to address past harms” today
US - South Dakota: The first medical cannabis dispensary is expected to open next week and make the first legal sales in the state, local
22nd July 2022 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The House Committee on Agriculture has scheduled a hearing entitled “An Examination of the USDA [US Department of Agriculture] Hemp Production
21st July 2022 - North America, United States |
US - federal: The long-anticipated Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (CAOA), a bill sponsored by Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer that would remove cannabis from
21st July 2022 - North America, United States |
US - federal: The Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued a newsletter from its Federal Transit Administration (FTA) reminding employees in the sectors that
US - Utah: The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF) has proposed new rules regarding hemp products and cannabis processing. Under the proposals, which are open
US - South Dakota: The South Dakota Legislative Rules Committee has passed new rules that regulate the testing of medical cannabis and clarify tracking requirements, local
US - Texas: Agricultural commissioner Sid Miller, who oversees the Texas hemp program, has called on the legislature and governor to expand the state’s
US - Vermont: The Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets will withdraw its approved hemp plan from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) at the
US - New York: The Cannabis Control Board (CCB) has approved regulations to allow applications for a conditional adult-use retail licence, which will be available to residents
15th July 2022 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act, a bill to decriminalise cannabis sponsored by Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer and two
15th July 2022 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The House approved an amendment to again add provisions of the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act to the National Defense
US - California: Application forms for Industrial Hemp Enrollment and Oversight (IHEO) authorisation are now available. Under Assembly Bill 45, authorisation is required to manufacture
