LATEST ALERTSBermuda: The Cannabis Licensing Act, which would permit the cultivation and retail sale of cannabis for adult use, was passed by the House of
US - Georgia: Law enforcement officials in Madison County have been ordered to return $30,000 in delta-8 and delta-10 THC products to a store
US - Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) voted last week to prohibit beer and wine retail licensees from selling CBD edibles because
US - Federal: The Cannabidiol and Marihuana Research Expansion Act was passed unanimously by the Senate and now heads to the House. The bill would
US - Federal: The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, a federal bill that would deschedule cannabis, has been placed on next week’s calendar
US - Oklahoma: Senate Bill 1338 was passed unanimously by the Senate and now heads to the House. The bill would amend the state’s hemp
US - Kentucky: The sponsor of Senate Bill 170, which would ban intoxicating hemp products in the state and which passed the Senate earlier this
US - Utah: House Bill 385 has been signed into law, providing clarification rather than change for CBD products. Among other things, it prohibits cannabinoids
US - Utah: Senate Bill 153 has been signed into law. The new law establishes a working group on medical cannabis to study and recommend
US - Kentucky: State Senate majority floor leader Damon Thayer told local media that he does not believe House Bill 136, a bill to legalise medical cannabis
US - Maryland: House Bill 1078 was passed unanimously by the House and now heads to the Senate. Among other things, HB 1078 would
US - Oklahoma: House Bill 3439 was passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. The bill would establish hemp remediation procedures and allow
Belize: The Senate has debated the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill, media reports. The government introduced the bill last year with the aim of legalising the
US - Arizona: Senate Bill 1715 was passed by the Senate and now heads to the House. The bill would exclude "hemp-derived manufactured psychotropic cannabinoids", such
US - Georgia: House Bill 1425 was passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. The bill would kick-start the issuing of low-THC
US - Georgia: A judge has issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting law enforcement in Gwinnett County from raiding and confiscating delta-8 and delta-10
US - Kentucky: CORRECTION: Our alert on Friday stated that House Bill 136, a bill to legalise medical cannabis, was passed by the Senate
US - Minnesota: The Minnesota Board of Pharmacy voted to remove THC contained in hemp products (up to 0.3%) from the state’s controlled substances
US - South Dakota: Governor Kristi Noem has signed several bills related to medical cannabis into law. Notably, Senate Bill 24 changes the maximum number of cannabis
Canada - Ontario: The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has announced that starting 15th March, cannabis retailers may offer delivery and
US - Kentucky: House Bill 136 has been passed by the Senate and is now heading to the House. The bill would legalise
Costa Rica: Deputies presented a bill to amend the recently approved hemp and medicinal cannabis bill. The amendment tackles the same topic that was previously vetoed by
Canada: From 1st April, new licence fees will be implemented for the cultivation and processing of cannabis. At the same time, the government has proposed to
US - Virginia: Senate Bill (SB) 591 was passed by the House, and the amendments made by the House were approved by the Senate.
US - Kentucky: Senate Bill 170 was passed by the Senate and now heads to the House. The bill would make it illegal to produce,
US - Oregon: Senate Bill 1564 was signed into law by the governor and is effective immediately. The new law allows counties to declare
US - Georgia: A lawsuit seeking to clarify the legality of delta-8 THC products in the state has been filed, press reports. The lawsuit reportedly
US - Federal: The Senate Appropriations Committee included language in the Omnibus spending bill that would urge the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Canada - Quebec: The Supreme Court will examine the legality of Quebec’s Cannabis Regulation Act prohibiting possession of cannabis plants and cultivation for
US - Delaware: House Bill 305, which would have legalised the sale of recreational cannabis in the state, failed yesterday to pass the House
US - New York: Governor Kathy Hochul announced on 10th March the “first-in-the-nation Seeding Opportunity Initiative”, which will prioritise “individuals with prior cannabis-related criminal offenses
US - South Dakota: House Bill 1292 was signed by the governor without any veto proposal on 9th March, passing it into law. The
US: The US Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (USPTO TTAB) has ruled against another CBD trademark on similar grounds as in
Guyana: Vice president Bharrat Jagdeo reiterated the government’s commitment to facilitating the plantation and production of industrial hemp, and was reported to have
US: The bicameral Omnibus spending bill contains no proposal to legalise recreational cannabis at the federal level. However, press reports that “a separate
Canada - Alberta: Starting yesterday, 8th March, all authorised online retailers of cannabis products can have their own e-commerce platforms, as opposed to
US - Utah: House Bill 385 was passed by the Senate and now awaits the governor’s final approval. Among other things, the bill would
US - South Dakota: Senate Bill 118 was passed by the House and now heads to the governor for final approval. The bill would make
US - Oklahoma: Republican lawmakers have released a 12-point plan to increase enforcement and weed out bad actors within the state’s medical cannabis programme,
US - California: The California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) has proposed comprehensive reforms to its current cannabis regulations. The proposed regulations are under
US - Washington: The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board has adopted final rules that will require all recreational cannabis products to be tested for
US - Utah: The House amended and passed Senate Bill (SB) 195, so the Senate must now consider amendments made to the bill since it
US - Utah: Senate Bill (SB) 153 was passed by the House and now heads to the governor’s desk for approval. SB 153 would
US - South Dakota: Senate Bill (SB) 201 was passed by the House but was amended from the version passed earlier by the Senate. Therefore,
US - South Dakota: House Bill 1292 was passed unanimously by the Senate and now awaits the governor’s signature. The bill would make it
US - Oregon: Senate Bill 1564 was passed by the House and now heads to the governor’s desk for approval. The bill would allow counties
US - Oregon: House Bill 4016 was passed by the Senate and now heads to the governor’s desk for approval. The bill would allow
US - Kentucky: A judge has granted a temporary injunction that will allow for the sale of delta-8 THC products in the state pending further
US - Rhode Island: Democrats in the House and Senate, including several legislators with leadership roles, have introduced companion bills to legalise recreational cannabis
