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US - Minnesota: The newly-appointed commissioner of the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) resigned a day after being appointed due to allegations that
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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
21st September 2023 - Canada, North America |
Canada: Health Canada published the Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey (CTNS) 2022, which measures the prevalence of cigarette smoking, vaping, cannabis, and alcohol use among
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
28th August 2023 - Bahamas, North America |
Bahamas: The government has introduced the Cannabis Bill 2023, which would legalise and regulate cannabis for medical, religious and research purposes. If approved,
US - New York: A judge has ruled that 30 dispensaries deemed "ready to open" are exempt from an injunction on the issuance of
25th August 2023 - Canada, North America |
Canada: Health Canada has published the report “2021-2022 Review of the cannabis cost recovery framework”, which provides updates on the advancements made in
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
16th August 2023 - Canada, North America |
Canada: A federal court has granted Organigram’s application for a judicial review of a decision made by Health Canada. The decision in question pertains
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
US - Ohio: Organisers of a November ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis in the state have submitted nearly ten times the amount of
US - Arkansas: A lawsuit has been filed by a group of four hemp companies challenging Act 629 (formerly Senate Bill 358), which came into
US - New Hampshire: House Bill 611 has been enrolled and now moves to the governor’s desk. It will ease the qualifying condition for therapeutic cannabis
31st July 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The House Energy and Commerce Committee has issued a bicameral Request for Information (RFI) on Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
US - Maine: LD 1063 (SP 432) has been signed by governor Janet Mills and enacted into law. The bill introduces changes to the
28th July 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The House Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services held a hearing yesterday, 27th July, to address the Food and
27th July 2023 - North America, United States |
US - federal: The House of Representatives has passed amendments to a major spending bill, granting Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) doctors the ability to recommend
27th July 2023 - North America, United States |
US - federal: MasterCard has issued cease-and-desist letters to payment processors and banks, instructing them to stop accepting cannabis transactions through debit cards, media reports.
US - Maryland: A group of hemp businesses are suing governor Wes Moore and state lawmakers over a new law that bans the sale
26th July 2023 - Mexico, North America |
Mexico: The Federal Commission for the Protection against Public Health Risks (Cofepris) has seized 1,811 products from a number of stores in the Paradise chain
26th July 2023 - North America, United States |
US - federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning letter to Koi CBD for including an adulterant – delta-8 THC –
21st July 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services will hold a hearing titled “Hemp in the Modern World: The Yearslong
US - New York: The state Cannabis Control Board (CCB) has approved the Cannabis Growers Showcase, a pioneer initiative allowing licensed cannabis growers to partner with
US - Ohio: The State Medical Board of Ohio (SMBO) has voted to include irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) as a qualifying condition in the Ohio
US - Hawaii: House Bill 1359 has been enacted into law as Act 263, without the governor’s signature, bringing significant changes to the state’s hemp
US - Minnesota: The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has updated the state’s medical cannabis programme by adding irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
US - New Hampshire: The Therapeutic Cannabis Program now allows out-of-state and Canadian visitors with legal authorisation to purchase therapeutic cannabis from the state’s Alternative Treatment
US - Missouri: Governor Mike Parson has signed House Bill 202 into law, repealing the Industrial Hemp Regulatory Program. The state had already transferred regulatory authority for hemp
US - Connecticut: Governor Ned Lamont has signed House Bill 6700 into law, enabling licensed hemp producers to apply for cultivator or micro-cultivator licences from
6th July 2023 - North America, United States |
US - federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have issued warning letters to six companies for illegally selling food products infused with
