Medical Marijuana Program Connection

Six Nations Cannabis Commission under fire

MMP News AuthorDecember 10, 2020

Sparks fly, questions surface around Six Nations Cannabis Commission spending By Lynda Powless Editor The Six Nations Cannabis Commission (SNCC) will be meeting with band staff to develop a compensation policy after a stormy meeting with Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) centred ... Read More

India’s United Nations vote to reclassify marijuana raises eyebrows

MMP News AuthorDecember 5, 2020

(This story originally appeared in on Dec 05, 2020) NEW DELHI: India has voted in favour of a move by the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) to remove cannabis from Schedule IV of the 1961 convention where it was listed alongside drugs like heroin. The decision to reclassify cannabis ... Read More

The United Nations just held a historic vote on marijuana

MMP News AuthorDecember 4, 2020

In a historic vote on December 2, the 53 member states of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) voted to remove cannabis from Schedule IV of the United Nations’ drug classification system during a meeting in Vienna. The CND is a United Nations body charged with supervising the application of ... Read More

Elixinol Global buoyed by United Nations reclassification of cannabis as less dangerous drug

MMP News AuthorDecember 3, 2020

This UN decision, which acknowledges medicinal usefulness of cannabis and clarifies that CBD is not under international drug control, is expected to have a substantial impact on Elixinol’s ability to drive product sales in Europe and other countries influenced by UN decision-making. () (OTCMKTS:ELLXF) (FRA:E8M) is encouraged by a United Nations decision ... Read More

Creso Pharma set to capitalise on near-term opportunities after United Nations reclassifies cannabis as less dangerous drug

MMP News AuthorDecember 2, 2020

The decision, in essence, recognises the potential medical properties of cannabis and paves the way for the relaxing of cannabis classifications in large markets across the world. () () (FRA:1X8) is ready to capitalise on a number of near-term opportunities that will materialise after the United Nations Commission on Narcotic ... Read More

Marijuana Removed From United Nations List of Most Dangerous Drugs

MMP News AuthorDecember 2, 2020

A United Nations (UN) commission has taken an important step in eliminating the legal stigma long associated with marijuana. On Wednesday, the Commission for Narcotic Drugs voted to remove it and cannabis resin from Schedule IV of the UN’s Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs — its classification for the world’s ... Read More