When it came to power last November, Germany’s coalition government promised to legalize and regulate recreational, adult-use cannabis. Now, thanks to a leaked document, the country’s health minister has given a preview of the regulations the drug would be put under.
The raid was carried out by California’s newly formed Unified Enforcement Task Force, which Governor Gavin Newsom recently sanctioned to protect “communities and consumers throughout California and the U.S. from unregulated and potentially harmful cannabis products.”
In a notice published on October 4, the Department of Cannabis Control announced that the test will be limited to dried flower and pre-rolls.
Don Bellamy, Chief Executive Officer of Linneo Health, looks at the impact medical cannabis regulation has had in the UK and considers what other countries could learn from it.
Alberta will become the first province in Canada to regulate psychedelic-assisted therapy.
The decision marks the first major steps towards US-wide cannabis decriminalization, a policy the president promised to implement during his campaign run.
The leading US testing standards organization ASTM International has approved four new testing standards for cannabis samples.
California’s cannabis regulator will provide $20 million in funding for new cannabis-related research.
Washington’s state cannabis regulator is looking to recruit at least six experts in cannabis science to help advise the regulator on scientific matters.
An employee at a cannabis cultivation facility in Holyoke, Massachusetts, died in January after inhaling “ground cannabis dust”, according to an inspection.