California Governor Gavin Newsom has downgraded the projections for the state’s legal cannabis tax revenue for this year and the next.
South Africa’s health minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, has amended the country’s drug laws to increase the availability of certain CBD products.
The substance is the first compound of its kind to be banned in the US state under the new regulatory powers.
Biota Biosciences, a Seattle-based CBD oil manufacturer and distributor, is voluntarily recalling several of its products after receiving a warning letter from the FDA last month.
The findings add further weight to the case for using medical cannabis as a substitute for illicit opioids.
In light of other studies that have found similar associations, the research could still have vital implications for public health approaches to cannabis legalization.
With cannabis still prohibited under federal law, many cannabis businesses in states with legal cannabis have been forced to operate as cash-only businesses.
On Thursday, May 21, the state governor, Ralph Northam, signed legislation that will decriminalize cannabis possession from July 1.
Banning the import of hemp-derived CBD oil from European Union member states may contradict the EU law on the free movement of goods, according to an advisor to the Court of Justice of the European Union.