REGULATION NUMBER 8766 OF 2016

During the summer of 2016 the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico’s Department of Health (the “Department of Health”) adopted Regulation No. 8766 of 2016 (“Regulation No. 8766”), repealing Regulation No. 155 of 2015, which had been enacted to regulate the use, possession, farming, manufacture, dispensation, distribution and investigation of medical marihuana in Puerto Rico. This newsletter discusses some of the changes introduced by Regulation No. 8766.

Main Changes Introduced by Regulation No. 8766