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US - Missouri: In response to concerns over the safety of certain hemp products, Missouri attorney general Andrew Bailey has launched a consumer
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US - Minnesota: House File (HF) 4757 has been passed by the House and now goes to the Senate. The bill would accelerate the
US - North Dakota: Activists have filed an initiative to put adult-use cannabis legalisation on the state’s 2024 ballot. To qualify for the November
US - Kentucky: House Bill (HB) 829 has been signed by the governor. The bill will introduce some amendments to medical cannabis regulation,
US - Oklahoma: House Bill 3011 has been passed by the Senate and now goes to the governor. HB 3011 would modify the
US - Kentucky: House Bill (HB) 829 has been passed by the Senate and now heads to the governor. The bill would introduce
16th April 2024 - United States |
US - Federal: During a press briefing on Monday (15th April), White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked whether the Biden administration plans
15th April 2024 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: On 11th April, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner, Robert Califf, testified to the House of Representatives Committee on
US - Ohio: Republican governor Mike DeWine has called on lawmakers to pass legislation banning public cannabis consumption and also to prohibit the sale
12th April 2024 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Robert Califf said there’s “no reason” for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
10th April 2024 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: Democratic senators Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden and Cory Booker have sent a letter to colleagues asking them to sign the
8th April 2024 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: New York Democratic senator Chuck Schumer is reiterating his intent to pass legislation to “safeguard cannabis banking” as part of
8th April 2024 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The US House Oversight and Accountability Committee has announced a hearing that will examine the Food and Drug Administration (FDA),
US - Florida: Governor Ron DeSantis has criticised the recreational cannabis measure, which will appear as Amendment 3 on the November ballot, calling it “radical”
US - Maryland: House Bill (HB) 253, which would amend the Cannabis Reform Act, has been passed by the Senate and now goes
US - Maryland: House Bill (HB) 805 has been passed by the Senate and now goes to the governor. HB 805 would allow local governments
3rd April 2024 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has announced that it will hold a hearing over the proposed placement of two phenethylamine hallucinogens
US - Iowa: Senate File 2335 has been passed by the Senate and now heads to the House. The bill would increase the number
US - Iowa: House File 2605 has been passed by the Senate and now heads to the governor. The bill would put a limit
US - Delaware: House Bill (HB) 285 has been passed by the Senate and now heads to the governor. HB 285 would significantly expand
US - Virginia: Virginia’s Republican governor vetoed House Bill (HB) 698 and Senate Bill (SB) 448, which would have finally legalised adult-use cannabis sales
US - Georgia: Senate Bill (SB) 494 has been passed by the House and now heads to the governor. SB 494 would prohibit an individual or business
US - Florida: The state’s Supreme Court has ruled that an industry-funded ballot initiative will appear on state voters’ November ballots. The decision comes more
28th March 2024 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: Three Republican senators have sent a letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)'s administrator Anne Milgram urging the agency not
US - Vermont: Bill H 612 has been passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. H 612 would redefine some
US - West Virginia: Senate Bill 679 has been signed by the governor. SB 679 will regulate hemp-derived cannabidiol products that are defined as naturally occurring
US - South Dakota: House Bill (HB) 1125 has been signed by the governor. HB 1125 will prohibit "chemically derived cannabinoids" – which are psychoactive cannabinoids that are
22nd March 2024 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: Treasury secretary Janet Yellen said she would welcome legislation that would clarify the conflict between federal and state laws on
21st March 2024 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: A group of 21 state attorneys general (AGs) have sent a letter urging Congress to take action on intoxicating hemp-derived
US - Mississippi: State lawmakers are concerned that intoxicating, hemp-derived cannabinoid (IHDC) products are being sold at fuel stations and other retail establishments,
20th March 2024 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: Democratic senator Sherrod Brown, chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, has said that passing the
US - South Dakota: Senate Bill (SB) 43 has been signed by the governor. SB 43 will make minor amendments to the state’s medical cannabis programme by requiring the Department of Health
19th March 2024 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: After vice president Kamala Harris said the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) must reschedule cannabis “as quickly as possible” at a
US - New York: Damian Fagon, chief equity officer of the state’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM), was placed on administrative leave following
US - Maryland: House Bill 346 has been passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. The bill would authorise anyone aged
US - New York: Democratic governor Kathy Hochul has mandated that the state’s cannabis licensing scheme be reviewed after calling it a “disaster”.
18th March 2024 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: Vice president Kamala Harris said the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) must reschedule cannabis “as quickly as possible” at a White
US - Kansas: House Bill (HB) 2168 has been passed by the House and now heads to the Senate for consideration. HB 2168 would introduce
US - Oklahoma: Senate Bill (SB) 1980 has been passed by the Senate and now heads to the House. SB 1980 would define a
US - Arizona: Attorney general (AG) Kris Mayes has released an opinion highlighting that it’s illegal for businesses, such as convenience stores and
US - Maryland: House Bill (HB) 805 has been passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. HB 805 would generally
US - Utah: House Bill (52) – which will modify and enact provisions related to industrial hemp – has been signed by the
US - Kentucky: House Bill (HB) 829 has been passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. The bill would introduce some
US - Iowa: House File 2605 – which would provide regulation for hemp and hemp products – has been passed by the House and
13th March 2024 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: Congressmen Earl Blumenauer and Andy Harris have sent a letter to Xavier Becerra, secretary of the US Department of Health
US - Florida: Senate Bill (SB) 1698 has been passed by the House and now heads to the governor. According to the amended
US - West Virginia: Senate Bill (SB) 679 has been passed by the House and now heads to the governor. SB 679 would regulate intoxicating hemp-derived cannabinoid (IHDC) products, which are defined
US - Washington DC: President Joe Biden has released his fiscal year 2025 draft budget, which again includes a provision that prevents Washington DC
US - South Dakota: Senate Bill (SB) 117 has been signed by the governor. SB 117 will exclude “industrial hemp stalk bale” from certain requirements and extend the
8th March 2024 - United States |
US - Federal: During president Joe Biden’s 2024 State of the Union address, he said nobody should be jailed for cannabis-related offences, highlighting his push
