Regulations

Costa Rica will make its hemp licenses free for businesses and individuals interested in importing and/or exporting hemp derivatives as health, food, and industrial products.

Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried is seeking to overturn new medical cannabis dosage limits that took effect last month, calling the regulatory changes harmful to patients.

Seven cannabis companies received 54 citations from the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission from January 2020 to April 2022 over allegations including failing to register patients in the medical cannabis registry, security violations, and mold.

Emily Gant is a cannabis and alcohol beverage attorney for Foster Garvey PC based in Washington state.

Denver Packaging Co. must pay a $15,000 fine for displaying products at its booth during the city’s Mile High 420 festival last April while regulators hold an additional $30,000 fine in suspension for a year, in case of future violations.

Cannabis businesses operating in DC are not sure what to expect from the increased regulatory oversight. One business owner said, “This doesn’t seem like they’re working to bring us into conversations. It does follow a similar trend, that they are trying to crush small businesses.”

New medical cannabis prescription limits took effect in Florida on Monday, in some cases limiting patients to one-third of their previous maximum amounts.

In the last 13 months, California’s Department of Cannabis Control has executed 232 search warrants, seized more than half a million pounds of unregulated cannabis, and eradicated more than 1.4 million illegal cannabis plants.

The FTC is issuing product refunds for customers who bought CBD products from Kushly Industries LLC after the company made unsubstantiated treatment claims regarding CBD’s effects on ailments ranging from acne to cancer.

The Trucking Alliance is seeking permission from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to change its drug testing protocols from standard urine tests to hair tests to gain a more accurate representation of when drugs were consumed by drivers.

Students in Worcester County Public Schools in Maryland will now be able to access their medical cannabis during school hours.

The New York City Police Department seized 19 vehicles after complaints that the owners were selling cannabis without a permit in Times Square.

Washington D.C. residents aged 21+ who apply for medical cannabis access will now receive a temporary authorization card while their application is being reviewed that will give immediate access to the District’s licensed dispensaries.

Josh Wurzer is Chief Operating Officer and Co-founder of SC Labs, a cannabis testing laboratory chain operating in California, Colorado, Michigan, and Oregon.

Curaleaf pulled thousands of cannabis products from New York dispensary shelves after the company switched to a new and still unapproved method of product potency labeling.

The two-year moratorium on new Oklahoma medical cannabis licenses is set to begin on August 26; the moratorium does not affect license transfers, license renewals, or patient licenses.

The U.S. House Agriculture Committee held a hearing last week to discuss the state of the hemp industry and how the government can continue to support the crop.

Officials in Massachusetts passed a package of cannabis reforms including the reduction of ‘impact fees’ charged to cannabis businesses, the retooling of the state’s expungement process, and more.

The Great New York State Fair will allow cannabis consumption in areas where tobacco smoking is allowed. 

Proof of U.S. residency is no longer a requirement for owning a cannabis business in Denver, Colorado.

Since Thailand’s government legalized cannabis cultivation and trade last month, the country has seen a surge of commercial cannabis-based products including toothpaste, snacks, and more.

Kara Bradford and David Murét are Co-Founders (and CEO and COO, respectively) of Viridian Staffing, the cannabis industry’s original and oldest recruitment firm.

Guam is set to begin accepting adult-use cannabis license applications on August 29.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed a bill containing a statewide ban on smoking both cannabis and tobacco in many public spaces.