In what is a huge step forward for the normalization of medical cannabis and the cannabis market overall: the UN just removed cannabis from Schedule IV of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.
The vote, carried out on Wednesday, by the Commission for Narcotic Drugs, considered a series of recommendations from the World Health Organization (WHO) on which, among other directives, called for cannabis to be removed as a Schedule IV drug.
The vote on the removal of cannabis as a Schedule IV drug was close. Among the 53 member states, 27 voted for, 25 against and 1 abstained from voting. The move was favored by the U.S. and most European nations but was opposed by China, Egypt, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Russia.
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Footnotes (Headlines to Google):
United Nations approves WHO recommendation to reschedule cannabis in historic vote (MJBiz Daily)
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The vote, carried out on Wednesday, by the Commission for Narcotic Drugs, considered a series of recommendations from the World Health Organization (WHO) on which, among other directives, called for cannabis to be removed as a Schedule IV drug.
The vote on the removal of cannabis as a Schedule IV drug was close. Among the 53 member states, 27 voted for, 25 against and 1 abstained from voting. The move was favored by the U.S. and most European nations but was opposed by China, Egypt, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Russia.
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Footnotes (Headlines to Google):
United Nations approves WHO recommendation to reschedule cannabis in historic vote (MJBiz Daily)
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#CannabisLegalizationNews #CannabisNews #BreakingNews
