LATEST ALERTS
Policy and Politics
Post-decriminalisation, new policy to offer support over punishment…
4th September 2025 - Alerts | Brazil, South America |
Storm in a teacup? Germany’s proposal to tighten up telemedicine cannabis rules
1st September 2025 - News analysis |
This summer, a draft bill that aims to tighten restrictions on the remote prescribing of medical cannabis upset the German medical cannabis community
Elections announced for 2026 could result in cannabis policy change…
6th August 2025 - Alerts | Asia, Bangladesh |
Argentina closes its cannabis regulatory agency less than three years after launch
29th July 2025 - News analysis |
Argentina closed its medical cannabis and hemp regulatory agency this month, publishing a decree that justified the move as a way to avoid “administrative redundancies and excessive costs”
Cannabis retailers group urges formal legislation of coffee shop model…
24th July 2025 - Alerts | Europe, Netherlands |
Senate confirms nomination of next head of the DEA…
23rd July 2025 - Alerts | North America, United States |
National Unity Party president positive about medical cannabis bill…
14th July 2025 - Alerts | Asia, Philippines |
Competences of dissolved Ariccame to be shared among other bodies…
9th July 2025 - Alerts | Argentina, South America |
Texas governor defends veto of THC ban affecting largest US cannabinoid market
4th July 2025 - News analysis |
Texas Republican governor Greg Abbott will call legislators in for a special July session after his surprise veto of a Republican bill that would have effectively eliminated the largest cannabinoid market in the US
Trump’s second term so far: tariffs mainly hinder the cannabinoid sector in the US
3rd July 2025 - News analysis |
The first six months of the current administration under US president Donald Trump have passed. So far, the administration can be defined by its use of executive orders and its imposition of tariffs on goods imported into the US (implemented by the use of executive orders). The tariffs have clearly had the bigger impact on […]
Previously failed bill to legalise medical cannabis is refiled…
3rd July 2025 - Alerts | Asia, Philippines |
Coffee shop experiment among ‘controversial’ topics deferred until elections…
26th June 2025 - Alerts | Europe, Netherlands |
Bill expanding low-THC medical programme signed into law…
23rd June 2025 - Alerts | North America, Texas, United States |
Governor vetoes bill that aimed to ban THC in hemp products…
23rd June 2025 - Alerts | North America, Texas, United States |
Tamarind Intelligence podcast: making sense of the flavoured vape problem
18th June 2025 - Podcasts |
Join host Barnaby Page as he speaks with Christopher Russell about the trends surrounding flavours, including proposed bans in Europe.
How a populist pushback in recent elections can affect cannabis policy
11th June 2025 - News analysis |
Last November the feeling was that the election of US president Donald Trump indicated a general shift to the right in global politics, but the results did not quite pan out that way
Proposed budget would prohibit many hemp-derived products…
5th June 2025 - Alerts | North America, United States |
Senate rejects bill on home growing and personal possession…
29th May 2025 - Alerts | Paraguay, South America |
London mayor backs drug commission’s cannabis report…
28th May 2025 - Alerts | Europe, United Kingdom |
Bill banning any THC in hemp products on the verge of passing…
22nd May 2025 - Alerts | North America, Texas, United States |
Tamarind Intelligence podcast: innovations in vape product design
21st May 2025 - Podcasts |
Join host Barnaby Page as he speaks with in-house market analyst Mercedes Gorgni about current and possible future trends in the vape product design market
New US surgeon general nominee not likely to be an ally to cannabis industry
20th May 2025 - News analysis |
The cannabinoid sector is unlikely to find an ally in new US surgeon general nominee Casey Means, but she could help further progress towards a viable commercial psychedelics market in the country
US-China tariff pause brings relief to cannabinoid firms, but outlook is hazy
15th May 2025 - News analysis |
Goods imported from China to the US will see a 115% reduction in tariffs as of 14th May, but the abrupt, temporary change offers no real certainty for long-term business planning
Recreational and medical cannabis legalisation attempts quashed…
15th May 2025 - Alerts | North America, Pennsylvania, United States, Wisconsin |
Modified trade tariffs temporarily suspended…
12th May 2025 - Alerts | Asia, China, North America, United States |
Bills modifying medical cannabis laws await governor approval…
8th May 2025 - Alerts | North America, Oklahoma, United States |
Minister reports on medical cannabis policy changes…
7th May 2025 - Alerts | Europe, Netherlands |
Tariffs to raise costs in US cannabinoid sector, even though core products spared
7th May 2025 - News analysis |
Although no US tariffs have been levied on imports of medical cannabis or hemp-derived cannabinoid products, pretty much anything else used with cannabinoid products will increase in price
No changes expected following election results…
5th May 2025 - Alerts | Australasia, Australia |
