Cannabis

Germany’s ministry of health unveiled a draft bill providing details on new regulations for personal use and cultivation of marijuana.

Just over a year after legalizing hemp and medical cannabis, Costa Rica’s Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Victor Carvajal signed a resolution to grant authorization to Azul Wellness S.A. to cultivate and process medical cannabis.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed Senate Bill 5132 to protect employees from pre-employment drug testing for cannabis in most situations.

The Minnesota Senate approved a bill to legalize marijuana for adults, days after the state House of Representatives passed similar legislation.

Seven Democratic lawmakers in North Carolina are sponsoring a bill that would legalize recreational cannabis in the state, and remove past marijuana-related offenses.

On Tuesday, the Delaware state Senate two bills to legalize marijuana for adults and establish a regulated market for adult-use cannabis.

On March 14, members of a Kentucky Senate committee recently approved a medical cannabis legalization bill. Senate Bill 47 was reviewed in the Senate Licensing & Occupations Committee voted 8-3.

History was made in Morocco this week as the country began construction on the first lab for medical and industrial cannabis. 

The North Carolina Senate approved a bill to legalize marijuana. The bill, titled the North Carolina Compassionate Care Act (Senate Bill 3), passed with little debate in the state Senate on Tuesday by a vote of 36-10.

The Australian Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) recently released a proposal exploring two options on how the country should approach cannabis legalization. It was commissioned to explore what legalization could look like through the request of Sen. David Shoebridge.