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US - Georgia: The Georgia Court of Appeals has ruled that delta-8 and delta-10 THC, even in edible products, are not controlled substances under Georgia law.
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US - North Carolina: The North Carolina secretary of state’s office confiscated approximately $170,000 worth of THC-infused copycat food products that mimicked such brands
US - Utah: The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food has issued proposed rules to regulate home delivery of medical cannabis. The proposed rules are under a
US - Virginia: A federal judge has denied an injunction against Virginia authorities that would have prevented them from enforcing a new law that
US - Minnesota: The Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) is seeking input from the public as it drafts rules for its recreational cannabis programme. An online survey
US - Federal: A group of Massachusetts cannabis companies have filed a lawsuit against the federal government claiming that federal law that prohibits cannabis is
US - Nebraska: State attorney general Mike Hilgers announced a coordinated series of lawsuits “against retailers selling mislabeled and deceptive THC-containing products that present
26th October 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: House Republicans have elected representative Mike Johnson of Louisiana as the new House speaker after the position vacancy stalled business in
25th October 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: Senator John Boozman, ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, said that Congress will consider a one-year extension deadline for
US - Nevada: The Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board (CCB) approved amendments to regulations to modernise them after an executive order to do so earlier
US - Colorado: The newly created Natural Medicines Division (NMD) is considering allowing psilocybin edible products as part of its implementation of the Natural
US - New York: The New York Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) announced that it is extending the application deadline to apply for recreational cannabis
US - Maryland: A judge has issued a preliminary injunction to stop the enforcement of a new law that restricts the sale of hemp products that
US - California: A group of California cannabis dispensaries is suing other dispensaries and manufacturers of intoxicating hemp-derived cannabinoid (IHDC) products to prevent them from
US - Alabama: The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) has adopted emergency regulations and revisions in an effort to award medical cannabis licences by the
US - Alaska: Lieutenant governor Nancy Dahlstrom has signed new regulations into law that attempt to bring intoxicating hemp products under the same supervision
US - Georgia: Rules for Georgia’s low-THC oil programme became effective last week, paving the way for nearly 120 pharmacies agreeing to sell low-THC
US - California: Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed Senate Bill (SB) 58, which would have decriminalised the possession of certain psychedelic substances like psilocybin for
US - California: Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed Assembly Bill (AB) 1207, which would have prohibited the use of images of cartoons, real or fictitious
US - California: Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed Assembly Bill (AB) 374, which would have permitted “cannabis cafés” by allowing local jurisdictions to allow non-cannabis
US - Missouri: Missouri’s Division of Cannabis Regulation (DCR) issued 48 marijuana microbusiness licences, thus expanding the state’s legal cannabis market. The licensees were
US - California: Assembly Bill (AB) 623 has been signed into law by governor Gavin Newsom. AB 623 requires the Department of Cannabis Control to establish regulations
US - Texas: A state appellate court has upheld a temporary junction that allows delta-8 THC sales to continue in Texas while a lawsuit is litigated.
28th September 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: In response to the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Development Committee's approval of the SAFER Banking Act, Senate majority leader Chuck
27th September 2023 - United States |
US - Federal: The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee passed the Secure And Fair Enforcement Regulation (SAFER) Banking Act on Wednesday by a vote
US - Minnesota: The newly-appointed commissioner of the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) resigned a day after being appointed due to allegations that
US - North Carolina: House Bill (HB) 563 was passed by the House and is now in the Senate. The bill would regulate
26th September 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: A revised version of the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act – entitled the Secure And Fair Enforcement Regulation
15th September 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: Senators involved in the legislative process believe there are enough votes in the Senate to pass the Secure and Fair Enforcement
US - California: Senate Bill (SB) 152 was signed into law by governor Gavin Newsom. SB 152 creates two new types of cannabis licence:
US - New York: The New York State Cannabis Control Board (CCB) approved proposed regulations for recreational cannabis, which will allow for general licence
US - Arkansas: A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction to prevent state officials from enforcing Act 629 (formerly Senate Bill 358), which came into effect on
US - California: California attorney general Rob Bonta has filed lawsuits against nine retailers of inhalable hemp products. “I want to be clear: the
US - California: Assembly Bill (AB) 374, which would essentially allow cannabis cafés in localities that choose to permit them, has been passed by
US - Virginia: A federal lawsuit has been filed by stakeholders to challenge Senate Bill (SB) 903, which was signed into law in April and
US - North Carolina: Uncertified voting results reveal that the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in western North Carolina have apparently legalised recreational cannabis on
6th September 2023 - South Dakota |
US - South Dakota: New proposed rules for medical cannabis would, among other things, increase the allowable amount of certain cannabis products and would ban
US - Alabama: The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission voted on Thursday (31st August) to impose a stay on the issuance of the licences awarded
US - California: California attorney general Rob Bonta announced the first partnership with local authorities as part of the California Department of Justice’s Cannabis Administrative Prosecutor
31st August 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has completed its scheduling review of cannabis and sent its recommendation to
US - New York: A week after exempting 30 cannabis businesses from an injunction and allowing them to open for business, a judge reversed
US - New York: A judge has ruled that 30 dispensaries deemed "ready to open" are exempt from an injunction on the issuance of
US - New York: A judge issued an injunction to stop issuance of new conditional adult-use recreational licences (CAURD) while a lawsuit challenging the process
US - Alabama: The issuance of medical cannabis licences in Alabama hit another delay as a judge temporarily paused the process to issue licences
US - Ohio: The Ohio secretary of state has verified enough signatures for an initiative to legalise recreational cannabis in the state to reach
US - Pennsylvania: A series of enforcement actions and at least one arrest by local authorities over the sale of delta-8 THC products has
US - Missouri: State auditor Scott Fitzpatrick has launched an audit into the state’s medical and recreational cannabis programmes, press reports. It is not
US - Alabama: The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) has recently awarded medical cannabis business licences across distinct categories, encompassing seven cultivator licences, four processor
New York: The state Supreme Court has issued a temporary injunction preventing the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) from issuing and approving conditional
US - New Hampshire: House Bill (HB) 611 has been signed into law by governor Chris Sununu. The new law eases the qualifying condition for therapeutic
