CBD

CBD is legal for COFEPRIS approved products and brands (38 currently)

• In 2017 medical use was legalized, but regulation was pending to be created, COFEPRIS approved some CBD based products for sale, import and export

• Feb 2020, the ‘Cámara de Senadores’ approved the Cannabis Regulation Law, this is pending review by the ‘Cámara de Diputados’

Legal CBD oil with less than 0.3% THC

• In July 2019, the Costa Rican Ministry of Health has issued the first CBD oil registry

• In 2019, law initiative was presented at the ‘Asamblea Legislativa’ to create a regulated cannabis market, pending discussion

CBD for medical purposes is legal for local companies registered with the Ministry of Health

• In February 2015, the government decriminalized the possession and cultivation of marijuana and regulated the sale of cannabis for medicinal purposes

• Throughout 2020, a pilot program is being held to legalize marijuana farmers

CBD is illegal

• Its medical and recreational consumption is prohibited; the possession, distribution and trafficking of cannabis and its derivatives is penalized

CBD is legal only for people with epilepsy, registration required

• In November 2016, Law 27,350 was approved, it regulates the medicinal use of cannabis

Legal CBD less than 1% THC

• In 2016, the use of medicinal cannabis and self-cultivation with 1% or less THC was approved through the ‘Ley Galán 1787’

• In 2017 the Ministry of Health established the terms to produce and sell cannabis for medicinal purposes through ‘Decree 613’

CBD is legal

• In 2013, Law 19.172 stipulated that Uruguay’s government is in charge of regulating the import, export, growth, harvest, production, acquisition, distribution, storage and trade of cannabis and marijuana-derived products

CBD for medicinal use is legal for approved companies and registered patients

• In 2017, Law No. 30,681 passed regulating the medicinal and therapeutic use of cannabis, without regulations for its production and sale, the Dirección General de Medicamentos, Insumos y Drogas is the only legal provider

CBD and cannabis-derived medicines are legal for authorized companies

• In December 2015, a regulation was approved authorizing the manufacture and sale of cannabis-derived medicines, with restrictions and high prices, self-cultivation for any purpose is illegal

CBD for medicinal use is legal with Anvisa authorization

• In 2015, the use of prescription CBD products was approved

• In December 2019, the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) approved a regulation for the sale of cannabis-based medicines in all pharmacies in the country

CBD is legal

• Act No. 42-2017, which passed in 2017, recognized CBD as one of the two main chemical compounds in cannabis that has a measurable medicinal effect

• In 2018, Regulation 9038 established a regulatory framework for the sale, dispensation, and consumption of medicinal cannabis on the island, providing guidelines for CBD sourced from cannabis

• In April 2019, the Department of Health released a memorandum that CBD sourced from industrial hemp must comply with the same quality standards as medicinal cannabis CBD products