AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoHemp & cannabis regulation: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed SB 3222, immediately banning “intoxicating hemp” sales to anyone under 21 and setting tougher rules for products like Delta-8/THC-P/HHC starting in November, aiming to cut misleading marketing and improve oversight. Driving & medical access: In NSW, clinicians warn Labor’s “three-strikes” medicinal cannabis driving plan could still punish patients with THC traces, including a proposed 24-hour ban, while Liberals and Nationals push to scrap the policy. Market pressure & enforcement: Washington’s cannabis regulators say federal rescheduling uncertainty, oversupply, and illicit-market enforcement challenges are squeezing the state’s legal industry. Medical cannabis uptake: Alabama’s first dispensary reported 100+ qualifying patients buying medical cannabis in its opening week, with limited supply as demand ramps. Public health & addiction: Nigeria’s drug abuse experts and church leaders urged stronger prevention and rehab efforts after claims that 14.4 million Nigerians have been exposed to psychoactive substances. Research & consumer health: A University of Calgary study found cannabis vapour can trigger “munchies” in rats by activating hunger-related brain circuits.
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