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Ireland: The High Court will decide in October whether CBD companies can operate in Ireland, press reports. It follows a series of court proceedings brought
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Europe: A period of consultation on amendments to the EU Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation opened on Friday, 22nd July, and will run
Italy: Prime minister Mario Draghi has submitted his resignation and dissolved Parliament after the right-wing parties withdrew their support in the Senate. The next
Thailand: The National Tobacco Products Control Committee has resolved to ban e-cigarettes that contain cannabis, press reports. Thailand has already broadly banned the importing and sale
Philippines: Senator Robinhood Padilla, from the center-left party PDP-Laban and with one of the majorities in the Senate, has filed a bill to
US - South Dakota: The first medical cannabis dispensary is expected to open next week and make the first legal sales in the state, local
US - Federal: The House Committee on Agriculture has scheduled a hearing entitled “An Examination of the USDA [US Department of Agriculture] Hemp Production
Colombia: Colombia has for the first time authorised the use of cannabis for veterinary purposes, press reports. The Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) has granted
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
Malaysia: Health minister Khairy Jamaluddin said today that the Cannabis and Ketum Industry Development Committee will hold its first meeting on Monday, 25th July, press reports. The
Italy: Industry association Federcanapa has appealed to the Lazio administrative tribunal against the national Decree on officinal plants, which it says is contrary to the Hemp Law.
US - federal: The Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued a newsletter from its Federal Transit Administration (FTA) reminding employees in the sectors that
Canada - British Columbia: The Kispiox First Nation has entered an agreement with British Columbian authorities that will allow the band to engage in
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
Indonesia: The Constitutional Court today rejected a formal review of the Narcotics Law that would have allowed the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes, press reports.
Lithuania: The Drug, Tobacco and Alcohol Control Department (NTAKD) has told CBD-Intel that delta-8 THC and HHC are not included in the official list
Uruguay: Far-right minority party Cabildo Abierto will next week propose the repeal of the law that legalised cannabis in 2013, press reports. Although president Luis Lacalle
Austria: The Constitutional Court has unanimously rejected an individual application which sought to declare the private growing and consumption of recreational cannabis "unconstitutional". According
Brazil: The Medicinal Cannabis Associations of Brazil have reacted strongly in opposition to a booklet issued by the Ministry of Citizenship on the risks of using
UK: The government has opened a consultation, open until 10th October, on a proposed new policy on adult drug use. Possible changes involve changing the
Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices has reportedly prepared a draft amendment to the narcotics list, moving cannabis from the “forbidden” list
Austria: Interior minister Gerhard Karner of the centre-right Austrian People’s Party has said Germany's cannabis legalisation plan was “completely the wrong way” and that any such move
US - Texas: Agricultural commissioner Sid Miller, who oversees the Texas hemp program, has called on the legislature and governor to expand the state’s
Luxembourg: Health minister Paulette Lenert and minister of justice Sam Tanson have announced a government plan to present a bill next year to allow
Fiji: Economy minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has announced the government’s intention of amending the 2004 Illicit Drugs Control Act to allow hemp with a THC concentration
Europe: A ministerial-level consultation on the legal regulation of cannabis for non-medical and non-scientific use took place on Friday between officials from Germany, Luxembourg, Malta, and
France: Senator Sabine Van Heghe of the Socialist, Ecologist and Republican group has submitted a parliamentary question to new health minister Brigitte Bourguignon asking whether she is
Belgium: Brussels mayor Philippe Close, vice-president of the Socialist Party, which is part of the ruling coalition, is calling for a major national debate on
Malta: The period to sign the petition to clarify the legal status of CBD products in light of the Authority on the Responsible Use of Cannabis
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
US - Federal: The Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act, a bill to decriminalise cannabis sponsored by Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer and two
US - Federal: The House approved an amendment to again add provisions of the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act to the National Defense
Canada: Negotiations between the Quebec Cannabis Society (SQDC) and a union representing many dispensary workers has led to an indefinite strike by workers in
EU: Five members of European Parliament (MEPs) from different parties and member states have formed an informal interest group to push for more open,
Belgium: The Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment updated its positive list of already notified herbal products for smoking, which includes
Argentina: On 12th July the Ministry of Health published guidelines on the sale of cannabis seeds, after National Seed Institute Resolution 260/2022 entered into
Malaysia: The Ministry of Health will announce “sometime this year” a framework to enable the registration of CBD-containing medicinal products, press reports. They will
US - California: Application forms for Industrial Hemp Enrollment and Oversight (IHEO) authorisation are now available. Under Assembly Bill 45, authorisation is required to manufacture
Canada - British Columbia: Licensed cannabis retail stores can deliver recreational cannabis to consumers through delivery services and common carriers such as Canada
Germany: The Hamburg Administrative Court has ruled that CBD oil for oral care should be classified as a cosmetic as it is not intended to be
US - Pennsylvania: House Bill 331, which protects financial institutions and insurers who deal with state-legal cannabis businesses, has been signed into law by governor Tom
US - North Dakota: New Approach North Dakota, a group organising a ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis, submitted over 25,000 signatures – nearly
Albania: Prime minister Edi Rama has announced that the government is planning to legalise the growing and production cannabis for medical use, media
Brazil: The board of the National Public Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has unanimously approved the importation of cannabis in its raw form. The decision will allow
US - Arkansas: Responsible Growth Arkansas, organisers of a ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis, have submitted 190,000 signatures – more than double the
Belize: The Belize Coalition of Churches has met the 10% population threshold to hold a referendum for the Cannabis Control and Licensing Bill, press reports.
Costa Rica: President Rodrigo Chaves has said the draft regulation for the growing and industrial of hemp and medicinal cannabis will be “simple and practical” and
Germany: Burkhard Blienert, federal commissioner for addiction and drug issues, has told the press there should be a debate on whether the planned legalisation of
