LATEST ALERTSUS - California: Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed Assembly Bill (AB) 374, which would have permitted “cannabis cafés” by allowing local jurisdictions to allow non-cannabis
Colombia: The discussion and vote of bill 001/2023C, which amends the constitution to legalise recreational cannabis, has been postponed amid a possible lack
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.
US - Federal: In response to the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Development Committee's approval of the SAFER Banking Act, Senate majority leader Chuck
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
Canada - British Columbia: Federally licensed cannabis producers (federal licence holders) can now promote their cannabis by offering product samples to cannabis store
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
US - Federal: A revised version of the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act – entitled the Secure And Fair Enforcement Regulation
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
Guyana: In a recent interview with the press, minister of agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha said that Guyana will begin trial cultivation of hemp in early 2024,
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
Argentina: The government has approved the inclusion of hemp seeds and their derivatives in the Food Code, press reports. The inclusion allows the sale
US - South Dakota: New proposed rules for medical cannabis would, among other things, increase the allowable amount of certain cannabis products and would ban
Argentina: The president of the Regulatory Agency for the Hemp and Medicinal Cannabis Industry (Ariccame) has sent a formal letter to the president
Costa Rica: The Ministry of Health has issued a warning against the sale and promotion of hemp flowers and other CBD products without public health
Suriname: The National Assembly approved the Industrial Hemp Cultivation Act on 1st September, allowing the cultivation of industrial hemp with a maximum THC content of 1%. Hemp
Colombia: Bill 001/2023C amending the constitution to legalise recreational cannabis has been approved on its first debate in the First Commission of the Chamber
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
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
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
Canada: Health Canada has published the report “2021-2022 Review of the cannabis cost recovery framework”, which provides updates on the advancements made in
Brazil: Yesterday (24th August) the Federal Supreme Court resumed its deliberations on the decriminalisation of drug possession. Two more judges have announced their decisions,
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
Costa Rica: A majority of deputies from the opposition National Liberation (PLN) and New Republic (PNR) parties of the Parliamentary Legislative Commission for
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
Brazil: The National Public Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has clarified that advertising and promotion of cannabis-derived products is not allowed. Anvisa only authorises
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
Argentina: Today, 7th August, the government published in the official gazette Decree 405/2023 to further develop and implement Law 27669, which was approved in May
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
