LATEST ALERTSUS - Washington, District of Columbia: Mayor Muriel Bowser has signed into law an emergency act that allows "non-resident cardholders" to self-certify as medical cannabis
Brazil: After issuing a controversial resolution restricting the prescription of CBD for medical use, the Federal Council of Medicine announced that it will receive public
Brazil: Senator Mara Gabrilli, from the centre and independent Brazilian Social Democracy Party, has presented to the Senate a draft legislative decree to overturn a Federal
Canada - Yukon: The Yukon government has turned over all cannabis retail locations and online sales to private licensees, as the Yukon Liquor Corporation
Suriname: The Industrial Hemp Cultivation Bill, now being considered in the National Assembly, seeks to increase the THC content permitted in industrial hemp
Argentina: The National Service for Food Health and Quality (Senasa) will reportedly convene on 24th and 25th October the first inter-institutional meeting to advance regulation
US - Oklahoma: Governor Kevin Stitt has called for a special election on 7th March 2023 on a ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis, local press
Brazil: The Federal Council of Medicine, a regulatory agency that oversees and guides medical practice, has issued a resolution restricting the prescription of cannabidiol
Canada: Cannabis industry stakeholders and lobbyists are declaring a "state of emergency" for cannabis producers and processors in Canada and calling on regulators to
US - Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania secretary of agriculture is calling for proposals from nonprofit marketing firms "for projects aimed at increasing sales, export
US - Nevada: The Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board (CCB) is now accepting applications for cannabis consumption lounges. The application process is open until 27th October.
US - federal: The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is set to propose significant increases to the production of cannabis and psychedelics for research in
US - Nebraska: Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana (NMM) is dropping a lawsuit filed in May that challenged a state law that requires ballot initiatives
US - Kentucky: Governor Andy Beshear announced that he is undertaking a review of convictions for possession of cannabis in Kentucky in light
US - California: A law enforcement task force called the Unified Cannabis Enforcement Task Force (UCETF) has recently been formed to crack down on
Brazil: The National Public Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) announced in a webinar held yesterday (13th October) that it has started the process of reviewing
Argentina: The Ministry of Science and Technology yesterday announced the establishment of a national company to promote the development of medicinal cannabis and industrial hemp. The
US - federal: The US Court of International Trade (CIT) has ruled that legalisation of cannabis under state law serves as an exemption to the federal
Brazil: The National Public Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) will hold a webinar on Thursday 13th October to review the resolution which sets rules
Costa Rica: The bill to legalise recreational cannabis announced yesterday (6th October) by president Rodrigo Chaves was published on the National Assembly website.
US - Federal: President Joe Biden yesterday (6th October) announced his multi-pronged plan to end the country’s “failed approach to marijuana”. The three
Colombia: The Chamber of Representatives has approved the recreational cannabis bill on its first debate. The bill aims to regulate adult consumption of cannabis, enabling regions and municipalities
US - federal: Army officials are warning soldiers about the use of delta-8 THC products, as use of any hemp-derived product, regardless of THC
Costa Rica: The government has sent a Cannabis Control and Regulation Bill to the Legislative Assembly. While the bill has not yet been published,
US - federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has named Norman Birenbaum, a former cannabis regulator in Rhode Island and New York, as
US - Georgia: A judge has ordered the only two licensed medical cannabis oil producers in Georgia to cease production until a lawsuit over
Canada - British Columbia: The Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch (LCRB) will allow federally licensed cannabis growers in British Columbia to sell cannabis in stores at
US - federal: Democratic senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii has filed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would allow military veterans to possess, use,
US - Vermont: Recreational cannabis sales in Vermont began in dispensaries on 1st October. Only three retail licences have been issued to date.
Costa Rica: President Rodrigo Chaves has signed the medical and therapeutic cannabis regulations that regulate the Cannabis for Medicinal and Therapeutic Use and
Brazil: None of the presidential candidates achieved the majority needed to win the election in the first round yesterday (2nd October). The second round,
US: The “Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act”, which has bipartisan support, will not be allowed to go through and expedite parliamentary process (known
Paraguay: Last week, the National Health Surveillance Directorate (Dinavisa) issued Resolution 309/2022, which substitutes Ministry of Health Resolution 433/2019 to update the conditions, requirements and procedure for obtaining a licence to
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%
Brazil: The National Public Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has clarified that medical cannabis products cannot be sold through delivery services. Cannabis-derived products previously allowed
Colombia: Twenty-five members of the Chamber of Deputies have urged president Gustavo Petro in a letter to support the bill on recreational cannabis for
US - Arkansas: The Arkansas Supreme Court decided yesterday (22nd September) that the votes will be counted for the ballot measure that would legalise
Paraguay: Members of the Senate Committee for the Prevention and Fight Against Drug Trafficking and Related Crimes held a meeting on 21st September with
Canada: The federal government has launched a legislative review of the Cannabis Act to determine the impact of the legalisation of recreational use among youth and
US - Minnesota: Medical cannabis company Vireo Health has filed a lawsuit against the state alleging that House File (HF) 4065 – which allows the sale
US - Oklahoma: The Oklahoma Supreme Court decided yesterday that the ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis in the state could not appear on the
US - New York: The Cannabis Control Board (CCB) has resolved to adopt revised regulations for the home cultivation of cannabis for medical use. Certified medical cannabis
US - California: Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law a number of new bills relating to cannabis. Assembly Bill 2188 prohibits employers, with a
US - California: Assembly Bill 1885, newly signed into law, expands the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act to cover cannabis products
US - Oklahoma: Three challenges were filed to a ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis during a mandatory ten-day window that opponents had to
US - federal: A bipartisan group of members of Congress wrote a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Rober Califf criticising
US - Nevada: A judge has ruled that the Nevada Board of Pharmacy may no longer list cannabis as a Schedule I drug, press reports.
US - federal: Representative Jared Huffman, a California Democrat, has introduced the Small and Homestead Independent Producers (SHIP) Act, which would allow small cannabis cultivators and
