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On September 11, 2026, the Florida Department of Health announced its Final Order, officially closing the April 2023 Medical Marijuana Treatment Center (MMTC) application process and granting 22 new licenses.
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The Drug Enforcement Administration is scheduled to hold a historic hearing beginning Monday, June 29, 2026, which could extend Schedule III cannabis rescheduling to adult-use marijuana and reshape the federal regulatory…
Bill to produce an estimated $55 million in new revenue for the state by regulating low-dose THC beverages like alcohol in bars and other licensed venues.
New Jersey’s cannabis and hemp industries are evolving significantly in 2026. L. 2025 c. 325), several major shifts are impacting the cannabis and hemp landscape for operators and consumers in New Jersey.
Countless businesses, including tribal nations operating through compact agreements with the state of Minnesotai, anticipate entering the North Star State’s legal cannabis market in 2026.
The Controlled Substances Act of 1970 (the “CSA”) divides drugs into five schedules based on potential for abuse and medical value.
In this collaborative analysis, Vicente LLP and the preeminent FDA law firm Kleinfeld, Kaplan & Becker LLP examine how the potential reclassification of cannabis into Schedule III could impact its distribution and dispensing.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) maintains that hemp-derived cannabinoids are not lawful food additives.
As the global cannabis landscape continues to evolve, the European nation of Malta has emerged as a trailblazer, despite its population of just over 500,000.
There is no universal definition, but generally, a hemp beverage is any drink, typically a seltzer, soda, or mocktail, containing hemp-derived cannabinoids or terpenes. Common cannabinoids in these beverages include CBD and THC,…
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Source: JD Supra – Vicente When the Eastern Band of Cherokee launched sales of adult-use cannabis in September 2024 through a dispensary in western North Carolina, it presented a seismic shift.
On September 23, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced emergency regulations that, among other things, prohibited hemp products containing any “detectable” amount of THC. S. Hemp Roundtable, Inc.
Vicente LLP [co-author: Daniel Molina] With an expanding cannabis and hemp market and an upcoming legislative session that will consider medical cannabis expansion, hemp regulation, decriminalization, and other cannabis…
Before we discuss cannabis reforms currently taking place in the EU, readers should understand that EU nations face steeper hurdles to legalizing commercial marijuana programs (“Adult-Use Programs”) than other nations around the…
After listening to the House Oversight and Accountability Committee Hearing with the Commissioner of the FDA on April 11, one conclusion was reinforced—opponents of marijuana reform are misinformed and rely on misstating facts to…
The law is expected to go into effect on April 1, but it still must go through the Bundesrat, the upper house of Parliament, before becoming law. The Bundesrat, however, has only the authority to discuss and examine the bill, but…
In this blog post, we’ll take a closer look at five countries poised to make waves in the cannabis landscape in 2024, including Germany, Thailand, Colombia, the Czech Republic, and Switzerland.
The North Carolina Senate voted 36-10 on March 1, 2023, to approve SB 3, The North Carolina Compassionate Care Act (NCCCA), and send the bill to the state House of Representatives for consideration.