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EU Council adopts negotiating mandate to recognise whole hemp plant as agricultural crop
The Council of the European Union has adopted a negotiating mandate that would recognise the whole hemp plant, including flowers and leaves, as an ordinary agricultural product for the first time. The position now goes into trilogue talks with the European Parliament, whose Agriculture Committee wants a 0.5% THC ceiling against the Commission's 0.3%. The reform would only take effect with the 2028 to 2034 budget cycle, and member states would keep powers over end use, leaving room to keep criminalising hemp.
Business of CannabisEUHemp & CBD
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German court rejects patient's bid to overturn insurance flower ban
Pharmazeutische ZeitungDEMedical
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Cannabis prescriptions checked for label name match
Business of CannabisMedical
Europe
7 stories- Four German social courts split on whether insurers must keep paying for approved patients' flower
Hanf MagazinDEMedical
- Bloomwell CEO says Germany's push to curb telemedicine cites abuse with no data as imports near 300 tonnes
Business of CannabisDERegulation
- French Green MPs table 2027 budget amendments to extend medical cannabis access across five indications
NewsweedFRRegulation
- Frankfurt's appeal court bars Bloomwell from offering free cannabis prescriptions in campaign with Sido
Pharmazeutische ZeitungDERegulation
- Italy faces worse medical cannabis shortages after Bedrocan's collapse, growing only 200kg of 1,695kg used
ilpost.itITMedical
- Greece's Curity Pharma launches two Larissa-grown cannabis flowers and ships first batches to Germany
CannaReporterGRBusiness & Investment
- Germany's cannabis pharmacy Lux 99 files for insolvency with 80 staff affected, blaming flower payment cut
Hanf MagazinDEBusiness & Investment
United States
9 stories- DEA prepares daily list of medical cannabis firms that applied for Schedule III registration within 60 days
Marijuana MomentUSRegulation
- US hemp lobbyists expect post-midterm rescue for CBD before federal ban starts on 11 December
MJBizDailyUSHemp & CBD
- Two Republican senators urge US Postal Service to block Georgia's plan to deliver medical cannabis by post
Cannabis Business TimesUSRegulation
- Massachusetts' Question 8 repeal fight becomes costliest ballot race at $6.5m, with $3.7m from SAM Action
commonwealthbeacon.orgUSAdult-use
- Massachusetts regulators propose letting out-of-state patients aged 18 and over join its medical cannabis programme.
wbur.orgUSMedical
- New York's governor signs cannabis labour bill on condition its three-member minimum wage board is scrapped
Marijuana MomentUSBusiness & Investment
- Texas hemp groups sue state health officials over rules counting THCA towards THC limits in $5.5bn market
MJBizDailyUSRegulation
- New York's adult-use cannabis sales pass $4.1bn since 2022, with $1.4bn in 2026 so far across 744 stores
governor.ny.govUSAdult-use
- Puerto Rico's health secretary takes charge of 110,736-patient medical cannabis division amid several probes
elvocero.comUSMedical
Canada
6 stories- SNDL agrees to pay Ontario's AGCO C$200,000 penalty and give up control of Ontario franchise cannabis stores
sec.govCABusiness & Investment
- Alberta's regulator rejects Curaleaf's bid to halt Aurora's share sales, blow to US$5 hostile offer
NewswireCABusiness & Investment
- Canada's cannabis retailers sell record C$520.4m in August, up 3.4% year on year, led by Manitoba's 21%
www150.statcan.gc.caCAAdult-use
- Winkler, Manitoba votes 2,954 to 686 against allowing cannabis stores, keeping 2018 retail ban in place
CBCCAAdult-use
- Quebec's statistics agency finds cannabis use fell to 14% from 17%, with 72% of users buying from SQDC
statistique.quebec.caCAAdult-use
- Canopy Growth shareholders approve reverse split of up to 1-for-15 as it fights to keep Nasdaq listing
sec.govCABusiness & Investment
LATAM & Caribbean
3 stories- Argentina's Chubut signs Decree 1680/2026, so pharmacies can dispense cannabis flower under Ley Salomé
El PlanteoARRegulation
- Brazil's Supreme Court rejects appeal by patient association seeking right to grow own cannabis
migalhas.com.brBRRegulation
- Colombia's narcotics fund confirms non-controlled cannabis products can be couriered to patients in Brazil
SechatCOBRRegulation
Africa & Middle East
2 storiesAPAC
2 storiesOceania
2 stories- Australian researchers find over 50,000 medicinal cannabis approvals went to under-25s from 2016 to 2024
perthnow.com.auAUMedical
- Australia's Medicann Health buys wholesaler Health House from Little Green Pharma, its first distribution move
CannabizAUBusiness & Investment
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