Argentina’s Senate advances bill on hemp, medical cannabis
Argentina’s Senate has overwhelmingly approved a law that would establish a regulatory framework for the development of the medical cannabis and industrial hemp sectors. The proposed law,…
Latin America
Florida firm’s CBD OK’d in Brazil
Largo, Florida-based NuNature Labs said it has been authorized to distribute two medical-grade oral CBD products in Brazil. Approval is through the National Health Surveillance…
Court sides with Brazilian patient over import of CBD product
A Brazilian medical CBD patient has received a reward of R$10,000 (~$2,000) for distress suffered when the government refused to import a specific CBD product…
Passage of law in Argentina could spark $500 million market
Regulated medical cannabis and hemp industries in Argentina could generate 10,000 new jobs, $500 million in domestic sales and $50 million in exports annually, Minister…
Canadian CBD company says it will target UK, launch drink in Costa Rica
Toronto-based Flora Growth Corp., said it has plans to export three CBD-based products into the UK and is poised for entry into Central America, starting…
Critics say govt. failing Paraguay’s small farmers by blocking seeds
Hemp stakeholders in Paraguay say the government is favoring large business interests to the disadvantage of peasant farmers in contravention of earlier decrees that call…
Uruguayan, Canadian companies team up in Colombia
YVY Life Sciences of Uruguay said it signed an agreement with Vancouver, Canada-based Blueberries Medical Corp. to jointly develop cannabis genetics, and to replicate YVY’s…
Costa Rican law enforcement officials block transport of trial crops
Public security officials in Costa Rica say they can’t guarantee a shipment of hemp material between two research sites won’t be seized under drug laws,…
Hemp ‘viable’ in Bahamas, but cross-pollination is a worry
Cannabis officials in The Bahamas say they still back hemp, but the commonwealth’s fortunes in the sector will depend on strategies to separate hemp and…
Puerto Rico ag secretary says without private investment, hemp will stall
Puerto Rico needs to attract private investment to develop infrastructure for the hemp sector or the U.S. territory risks missing out on the growing industry,…
