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Washington, D.C. has given medical cannabis applicants up to three years to turn conditional licenses into operating businesses and now lets many of them convert using a zoning certificate instead of waiting for a certificate of occupancy.
Read moreVirginia’s cannabis regulator has moved the state’s adult-use market from political promise to a public operating calendar, giving existing medical and hemp businesses an early planning lane and putting the wider industry on a fixed clock.
Read moreHealth Canada has extended the maximum life of a cannabis import permit to 12 months and tied Canadian export-permit validity to the foreign permit deadline, giving medical and research supply chains more time to complete cross-border shipments without changing the one-shipment rule.
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Washington, D.C. has changed the timetable for medical cannabis businesses that have approval in principle but are not yet ready to open. Under D.C. Act 26-391, signed on July 30 and effective immediately on an emergency basis,...
Read moreVirginia’s cannabis regulator has posted the clearest adult-use market timetable the state has offered yet. The Virginia Cannabis Control Authority says draft regulations will be released in September 2026, some license...
Read moreHealth Canada has quietly increased the maximum validity of a cannabis import permit to 12 months from 6 months. It has also changed the matching rule on exports, so a Canadian export permit can now stay valid until the foreign...
Read moreDenmark’s medical cannabis scheme is no longer a pilot. It became a permanent regime on 1 January 2026.
Read moreAlabama’s medical cannabis market now has two operating dispensaries. The second opened in Talladega on August 28, according to the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission, the state regulator that licenses and oversees the program.
Read moreAustralia’s veteran-funded medicinal-cannabis market is no longer in transition. It is in enforcement.
Read moreRhode Island hits a hard licensing deadline today. The state is closing the interest form for Social Equity Applicant Status Certification, the screening process for people and companies that want to compete in the social-equity...
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