Policy & Regulation
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- Adult-Use
Delaware set to legalize recreational cannabis sales with newly approved bill
Cannabis Daily News LEGALISATION Delaware set to legalize recreational cannabis sales with newly approved bill The Delaware Senate voted in favor of two bills that could legalize cannabis for adults and regulate its sales, reports Benzinga.
- Adult-Use
German Cannabis Plan ‘Legal’, Luxembourg Cannabis Query, Hungary In Dock For Cannabis Breach, Ex-Irish PM Backs Decriminalisation et al…
TWO leading German criminal lawyers believe the country’s efforts to introduce adult-use legalisation can progress under a Human Rights remit which will comply with European and international law.
- Policy & Regulation
High & Dry: Banking crisis to further choke funding for cannabis sector
Cannabis Daily News BANKING High & Dry: Banking crisis to further choke funding for cannabis sector The global banking turmoil threatens to squeeze U.S. cannabis companies already struggling with meager funding sources by drying up support from regional lenders and tightening fundraising from alternative avenues, reports Market Screener.
- Hemp Industry
Bipartisan senators file bill to ease restrictions on industrial hemp farmers
INDUSTRIAL HEMP ACT Bipartisan senators file bill to ease restrictions on industrial hemp farmers A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators have filed a bill to reduce regulations on farmers that grow industrial hemp for non-extraction purposes, reports Marijuana Moment.
- Policy & Regulation
UK Government’s Refusal To Publish Drug Decriminalisation Report ‘Further Evidence’ Of Them Ignoring ACMD and Evidence-Based Policy
A report from the government’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) that recommended the decriminalisation of drugs will remain the only one in the council’s history not to be released to the public.
- Hemp Industry
Synthetic cannabinoids further rift between cannabis and hemp industries
Synthetic cannabinoids further rift between cannabis and hemp industries The rise of intoxicating, hemp-derived cannabinoids has widened a rift in the cannabis industry, MJ Biz Daily reports.
- Markets & Stocks
Kentucky House passes bill to regulate Delta-8 THC products
DELTA-8 THC Kentucky House passes bill to regulate Delta-8 THC products A bill to regulate Delta-8 THC sped through the House of Representatives on Thursday, writes Liam Niemeyer of the Kentucky Lantern for Marijuana Moment.
- Adult-Use
SXSW: Which political party will legalize weed nationally?
CANNABIS PROHIBITION SXSW: Which political party will legalize weed nationally?
- Companies
‘Clerical error’ nearly shuts down 85% of Michigan’s cannabis businesses
SERVICE FEES ‘Clerical error’ nearly shuts down 85% of Michigan’s cannabis businesses Last week, the Michigan cannabis market nearly came to a total stop, due to what’s been acknowledged as a “clerical error”, reports Benzinga.
- Opinion
To Stop UK Drug Policy Being Based On ‘Politics And Emotions’ We Need A ‘Proper, Rational Evidence-Based Conversation’ Around Cannabis
With a general election looming, drugs policy in the UK could soon become a hot button issue for both politicians and the public.
- Adult-Use
European Cannabis Round-Up: Expert Opinion Deems Germany’s Adult-Use Strategy Illegal, Spain To Quadruple Medical Cannabis Production, & Malta Tackles Cannabis Banking
Germany’s current plans for legalisation deemed illegal by ‘expert opinion’ A NEW ‘expert opinion’ penned by the Chair of Public Law and European Law at the Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen, Bernhard Wegener, suggests that Germany’s current plans for cannabis legalisation ‘contradict international and European law’.
- Adult-Use
New York state doubles number of retail weed licenses to 300
NEW YORK LICENSES New York state doubles number of retail weed licenses to 300 Bloomberg reports that the New York’s Cannabis Control Board will increase the number of licenses under its application process to 300 from 150 after receiving 900 applications for the first spots.
