Key UN summit could lead to international rescheduling of cannabis

I’m not sure how this one slipped past me, but hoo boy that’s a big deal!

The UN currently places cannabis in the strictest categories in the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 and the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971, which only allow its use for medical and scientific purposes under strict controls.

At the CND meeting this week, the WHO could recommend rescheduling or descheduling the following cannabis categories within the UN Drug Control Conventions

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Unfortunately they delayed the decision. Vote moved to March 2019.

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comfirmed. US will go Fully legal very soon. expect the UN to follow suit.

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That’s BIG news. Hopefully it is one step closer to declassification in the USA.

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