{"id":31455,"date":"2018-12-17T08:14:34","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T16:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2018\/12\/17\/who-stuck-between-politics-to-reschedule-cannabis-within-the-un\/"},"modified":"2018-12-17T12:48:56","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T20:48:56","slug":"who-stuck-between-politics-to-reschedule-cannabis-within-the-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2018\/12\/17\/who-stuck-between-politics-to-reschedule-cannabis-within-the-un\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO Stuck Between Politics to Reschedule Cannabis within the UN"},"content":{"rendered":"

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S<\/span>ince 1961, the United Nations considers cannabis as a Schedule I drug with \u201cno accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.\u201d The plant is scheduled as a dangerous drug, like heroin, in the Single Convention on Narcotic and Drugs. But things are about to change.<\/p>\n

Commission on Narcotic Drugs 61st Reconvened Session<\/h2>\n

Earlier this year, the Expert Committee on Drug Dependence, part of the World Health Organization, released a pre-review report of cannabis<\/a> that included several positive, evidentiary findings. And, cannabis has not been on the agenda of the World Health Organization since 1954.<\/p>\n

Now in 2018, we were present at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs 61st reconvened session<\/a> in Vienna to watch the recommendations how to reschedule cannabis, presented by the WHO<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is our first of two parts of our recent trip to Vienna. We are due to publish part two soon about the International Cannabis Policy Conference<\/a>\u00a0organized by FAAAT<\/a> and the Knowmad Institute<\/a> which took place simultaneously with the UNODC<\/a> meeting.<\/p>\n

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The post WHO Stuck Between Politics to Reschedule Cannabis within the UN<\/a> appeared first on Cannabis News Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n


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