LATEST ALERTSUS - Nebraska: Organisers of a ballot initiative to legalise medical cannabis in Nebraska have submitted what they hope are enough signatures to reach
US - Washington DC: Mayor Muriel Bowser has signed into law the Medical Marijuana Self-Certification Emergency Amendment Act of 2022, which allows DC residents to self-certify that
US - Virginia: The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) has issued a statement saying that chemically synthesised cannabinoids, such as delta-8 THC, are illegal
US federal: Six senators have written to the president, attorney general, and the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) urging them to
Argentina: The Supreme Court yesterday turned down a claim that the requirement to join the state-approved Reprocann programme in order to grow cannabis for medicinal purposes
US - Oklahoma: Organisers of a ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis have submitted what they believe is enough signatures to reach the November ballot, press
Argentina: National Seed Institute Resolution 260/2022 has come into force today. It lays down certain requirements for the commercialisation of registered varieties of Cannabis sativa
US - Pennsylvania: House Bill 331, which would protect financial institutions and insurers who deal with state-legal cannabis businesses, has been passed by the
US - California: Assembly Bill 195 has been signed into law by governor Gavin Newsom. The bill eliminates the cultivation tax on cannabis and shifts the state’s
US - Oregon: The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC) has confirmed to CBD-Intel that as of today (1st July) intoxicating artificially derived cannabinoids,
US - California: Assembly Bill (AB) 195 was passed by the Senate and heads to the governor for final approval. The bill would eliminate the
Argentina: Tomorrow, 2nd July 2022, is the end of the period to submit comments on rules regarding requirements to apply for a licence
US - Pennsylvania: Lehigh County district attorney Jim Martin has sent warning letters to retailers of hemp-derived products saying that those with more than
US - North Carolina: With North Carolina’s hemp statute set to expire after today, 30th June, the state Senate concurred in amendments to Senate
US - Kansas: A retailer in Kansas has filed a lawsuit challenging the seizure of over $100,000 in delta-8 THC products by authorities, press
US - Washington DC: The District of Columbia Council has approved a bill to allow adults (21+) to purchase cannabis by self-certifying that they
US - North Carolina: Language that would keep hemp legal was stripped from Senate Bill 762 before it was passed by the state House. Current hemp
US - Nevada: The Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board (CCB) has unanimously approved regulations for cannabis lounges. The regulations allow for the sale of single-use cannabis products in limited
Costa Rica: The minister of agriculture, Laura Bonilla, has said that a regulation draft for hemp and medicinal cannabis cultivation and industrialisation is 50%
Uruguay: Rodrigo Ferrés, president of the Drug Board and deputy secretary of the Presidency, has told media that proposals to allow the sale of recreational
US - Texas: The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s ban on smokable hemp is constitutional, reversing a lower court’s decision. The plaintiffs, producers
US - federal: The SAFE (Secure and Fair Enforcement) Banking Act has been removed from the America Competes Act, press reports. Provisions to allow financial institutions to
US - general: Major League Baseball (MLB) has told teams they can accept sponsorships for CBD companies, press reports. In order to qualify for sponsorship,
US - Virginia: The state budget for 2022-2024 has been signed into law by governor Glenn Youngkin. It includes provisions calling on the Board of
US - federal: A bipartisan group of 23 state attorneys general have written to congressional leaders about the public health risk posed by copycat THC
US - federal: The House Appropriations Committee has included a few provisions that address hemp and CBD in its 2023 fiscal year spending bill. One
US - Louisiana: Governor John Bel Edwards has signed several bills into law that affect the state’s medical cannabis programme. Among them is House Bill (HB)
US - Louisiana: House Bill (HB) 330 has been signed into law by the governor. HB 330 creates the Louisiana Industrial Hemp Promotion and Research
US - Louisiana: House Bill (HB) 758 has been signed into law by the governor. HB 758 allows for performance-based sampling of hemp and sets
US - Federal: The US Supreme Court has denied taking up a pair of cases to resolve the issue of whether federal workers’ compensation
US - Kentucky: An advisory board on medical cannabis set up by governor Andy Beshear met for the first time yesterday, local media reports. The
Colombia: Changes are likely in the legal framework for both recreational and medical cannabis after Gustavo Petro won yesterday’s election second round, giving Colombia
Argentina: Today is the last day to submit comments to the National Administration of Drugs, Food and Medical Technology (Anmat) on the requirements to apply for a
US - North Carolina: Senate Bill (SB) 448 has been signed into law by the governor. SB 448 allows cannabis-based drugs that have been approved by
US - Federal: In response to a question from a senator about the Department of Justice (DOJ)'s stance on cannabis, attorney general Merrick
US - Federal: The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (DC) Circuit dismissed a lawsuit against the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
US - Nebraska: A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction against Nebraska authorities to prevent them from enforcing a rule that requires petitioners for
Canada: An industry pilot project on recycling of cannabis vape products to tackle consumer waste has ended due to a lack of participation, media
Brazil: The Superior Court of Justice has authorised three patients to grow cannabis for their own medicinal use. The court emphasised that the authorities’ failure to
Chile: A group of parliamentarians within the ruling coalition said yesterday that they intend to present a bill to Parliament to legalise recreational cannabis, press
Argentina: The National Administration of Drugs, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT) is inviting public comments on the requirement to apply for a licence for the production, import, export and
Uruguay: Senator Eduardo Antonini of the opposition party Frente Amplio, vice-chair of the Tourism Committee, has introduced a bill to allow tourists access to recreational
Brazil: The Superior Court of Justice has ruled that private health insurance companies are not obliged to cover treatments and medicine products that do not appear on the
Costa Rica: The minister of agriculture, Laura Bonilla, has said that a commission is working on a regulation draft for hemp and medicinal
Mexico: The government published yesterday in the bulletin of the state the decree prohibiting the sale of e-cigarettes and e-liquids nationwide. This extends to CBD vapes
Paraguay: On 6th June, the Commission on Prevention, Fight against Drug Trafficking and Related Crimes of the Senate debated a bill proposed in June 2021 seeking to
Paraguay: The National Health Surveillance Directorate (DINAVISA) stated on 4th June that only patients suffering from refractory epilepsy or multiple sclerosis are eligible to be registered
US - Delaware: The House was unable to override the governor's veto of House Bill (HB) 371, which would have removed all penalties for adult
Argentina: Yesterday, 6th June, the minister of productive development Matias Kulfas – author and firm advocate of the recently enacted Law 27,669 establishing a regulatory
