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GLOBALJun 4, 2026

Panama Publishes the Forms That Make Medical Cannabis Operational

A June 1 resolution approved the paperwork patients and physicians need to enter Panama’s medical-cannabis system, moving the country’s main bottleneck from licensing to real-world enrollment.

Panama has now published the paperwork that lets patients enter its medical-cannabis system. Official Gazette No. 30536-A, published on June 1, carried Resolution No. 0406 approving two documents: the Formulario de Usuarios de Cannabis Medicinal y Acompañantes Autorizados, which...

Denmark Is Now Projected to Be the EU’s Largest Legal Cannabis Producer in 2026

A new international update puts Denmark’s 2026 legal cannabis output at 52,603 kilograms, a sharp rise that would move it ahead of Portugal and Spain just as the country’s permanent medical-cannabis system takes hold.

Denmark is now projected to produce 52,603 kilograms of legal cannabis in 2026. That figure, refreshed on June 2 by the International Narcotics Control Board, is up from 28,000 kilograms in the 2025 table, an 87.9 percent jump in a single year.

New York Slashed Its Medical Cannabis Operator Fee by 90%

New York cut the fee for medical cannabis registered organizations to $20,000 from $200,000, giving legacy operators immediate relief as the state’s adult-use market expands and the medical patient base keeps shrinking.

New York cut the medical operator fee just as eight incumbent companies came up for renewal

Massachusetts’ New Two-Ounce Cannabis Limit Generated 900 Above-Cap Purchases in Two Days

State data show the higher adult-use purchase limit immediately created legal sales that stores could not have made before, offering an early sign of bigger basket sizes in a mature market.

Massachusetts has its first hard read on what a higher adult-use cannabis purchase limit does at the register. Data surfaced by the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission on May 28 show that consumers made 900 legal adult-use purchases above the former one-ounce ceiling on...

GLOBALMay 30, 2026

Uruguay’s Pharmacy Cannabis Sales Jump as Store Expansion Starts to Convert Into Volume

Uruguay’s latest adult-use cannabis report shows the legal pharmacy channel selling much more product as the retail network spreads to more parts of the country.

Uruguay’s legal adult-use cannabis market sold 525 kilograms through pharmacies in March 2026. A year earlier, the same month produced 348 kilograms. That is a 51 percent increase in the country’s main commercial retail channel.

Czech Medical Cannabis Dispensing Jumps 61.9% in Q1 as Pharmacy Demand Keeps Climbing

Czech pharmacies dispensed 126,935 grams of medical cannabis in the first quarter of 2026, showing that easier prescribing and strong reimbursement are still pulling patients into the regulated market.

Czechia’s regulated medical-cannabis channel has posted another sharp growth quarter. Pharmacies dispensed 126,935 grams in the first three months of 2026, according to figures compiled from the country’s official monthly dispensing data. That was 61.9% above the 78,405.98 grams...

Georgia Turns Its Low-THC Oil Program Into a Broader Medical Cannabis Market

Georgia has signed a law that replaces its old 5% THC limit with a 12,000-milligram possession cap, letting licensed medical businesses build stronger products and new formats, including vaping for adult patients.

Georgia has changed the core unit of its medical cannabis law. The state’s newly signed SB 220 scraps the old rule that defined legal patient products by a maximum of 5% THC by weight and replaces it with a possession-based cap of up to 12,000 milligrams of THC in medical...

Maryland Moves to Give Conditional Cannabis Licensees Up to a Year More Time

Maryland’s cannabis regulator has advanced a rule change that could stretch a conditional license from 24 months to as much as 36 months, giving lottery-selected operators and their backers a longer window to clear zoning, financing, buildout, and inspection delays.

The state’s cannabis regulator said on May 18 that it submitted a draft rule package for formal review that would let conditional license holders request up to two additional six-month extensions. That matters because Maryland already expanded the standard conditional-license...

Washington Puts a Hard Revenue Number on Its Cannabis License Fee Increase

Washington has raised annual cannabis producer, processor, and retailer license fees to $1,781 and now says the change should bring in about $11.16 million through 2035, adding a fixed cost for operators while rulemaking is still open for objections.

Washington has now attached a firm revenue estimate to its cannabis license-fee increase. Under Engrossed House Bill 2681, the annual fee for cannabis producer, processor, and retailer licenses rose to $1,781 from $1,381, a 29 percent increase. The state’s ten-year cash-receipt...

Massachusetts Draws a Hard Line on THC Labels With New Potency Audits

Massachusetts regulators have told cannabis companies that products testing outside 75 percent to 125 percent of the THC stated on the package can be put on hold and pulled from sale until the label or product is corrected.

Massachusetts has moved a common industry complaint into an enforceable rule. In a bulletin issued on May 22, the Cannabis Control Commission said a cannabis product is not in substantial compliance if its observed THC potency falls outside 75 percent to 125 percent of the...

GLOBALMay 23, 2026

New Zealand Is Dropping Industrial-Hemp Licensing as Costs Swallow a Shrinking Sector

New Zealand will revoke its industrial-hemp licensing regime on 28 May, removing a compliance burden that the government says was consuming up to 13 percent of annual sector revenue in a market now worth only about NZ$1 million.

New Zealand is about to remove one of the central operating requirements for industrial hemp. From 28 May, activities that previously needed an industrial-hemp licence can be carried out without one for defined purposes under a new permission-based model, according to Health New...

France’s Medical Cannabis Market Is Still Waiting for a Decree After the Patient Bridge Ran Out

France has stopped admitting new medical-cannabis patients, its transition period ended on March 31, and the commercial framework notified to Brussels last year still has not produced a live market.

France’s medical-cannabis market is still not properly open. The clearest number is also the smallest one. A Senate written question published on January 22 said that only 1,683 patients were still benefiting from the program when the question was filed, even though more than...

Missouri Opens Marijuana Research Licenses, but the State Expects Only 10 Applicants at First

Missouri has opened a May comment window for new marijuana research licenses, creating a rare entry path into the state’s cannabis system even as regulators project only a small first wave.

Missouri is in the middle of a live rulemaking window to create marijuana research facility licenses. The proposal was published in the Missouri Register on May 1, and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services says public comments run through May 31.

California Moves to Split Adult-Use and Medical Cannabis Retail Licenses for Federal Registration

California regulators want stores with a combined adult-use and medical cannabis license to split it into two quickly, so the medical side can pursue new federal registration while a short filing window is still open.

California has opened emergency rulemaking to let cannabis retailers with one combined adult-use and medical license split that approval into two separate licenses. Under the proposal published by the Department of Cannabis Control on May 18, a retailer could convert its...

Michigan Reopens Marijuana Rulemaking After 120-Plus Changes to the Draft

Michigan has reopened its marijuana rule rewrite after public feedback led regulators to revise the draft extensively, leaving key operating rules unsettled for businesses across the state.

Michigan’s marijuana rule rewrite is no longer on a straight path to adoption. On May 14, the state’s Cannabis Regulatory Agency said it had received more than 700 individual suggested changes on its proposed rules and made more than 120 changes to the draft. That was enough for...