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UN removes cannabis from list of risky drugs

MMP News AuthorDecember 3, 2020

Marijuana plants for sale are displayed at the medical marijuana farmers market at the California Heritage Market in Los Angeles, California July 11, 2014. [David McNew, Reuters] A United Nations agency has voted to remove cannabis from the list of the world’s most dangerous drugs. The United Nations Commission ... Read More

UN commission removes cannabis from list of risky narcotics

MMP News AuthorDecember 3, 2020

The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) has removed cannabis from the most dangerous category of drugs, where it had been placed for 59 years, the UN said in a statement. This happened as a result of a historic vote of 27 in favour and 25 against has removed cannabis ... Read More

UN agency to remove cannabis from list of most dangerous drugs

MMP News AuthorDecember 3, 2020

Berlin: The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs has voted to remove cannabis and cannabis resin from a category of the world’s most dangerous drugs, in a move certain to impact the global medical marijuana industry. The Vienna-based UN agency said in a statement that it had voted 27-25, with one ... Read More

UN removes cannabis from list of world’s most dangerous drugs

MMP News AuthorDecember 3, 2020

The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) on Wednesday voted to remove cannabis from the most tightly regulated category of drugs, where it had been listed alongside deadly addictive opioids such as heroin. Out of the 53 member states, 27 voted in support and 25 against the reclassification of ... Read More

The UN removes cannabis from a list of the most dangerous substances

MMP News AuthorDecember 3, 2020

(CNN)— A United Nations commission has voted to remove cannabis from a list that categorized it as one of the most dangerous drugs — a move that recognizes the plant as having medicinal value. The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs approved a recommendation from the World Health Organization on Wednesday to remove ... Read More

UN drug agency votes to remove cannabis from list of most dangerous drugs

MMP News AuthorDecember 2, 2020

The UN drug policy body voted on Wednesday to remove cannabis from the mostly tightly controlled drugs. Member nations of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs voted 27-25 to remove it from Schedule IV of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, which allows national bans for drugs with “particularly dangerous properties.” ... Read More