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• Press release • 41st ECDD cannabis review
  17 novembre 2018

  This week at the headquarters of WHO (World Health Organization) in Geneva (Switzerland), the Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) meets to undertake the final part of the scientific review of cannabis, resin, extracts, THC, and CBD extracts [1]. Their outcome is likely to change the scheduling status of cannabis within the international drug control Treaties [2].
  WHO never updated its policy on cannabis since 1954 [3] – although THC was identified in 1964 and its mechanisms of action (...)

• USA : le chef de la santé de l’administration Obama reconnait l’utilité du cannabis en médecine.
  5 février 2015, par Farid Ghehioueche

  Au lendemain de la discussion au Sénat français, c’est une nouvelle qui aurait fait l’effet d’une bombe aux pays des Lumières. Imaginez le responsable de l’INSERM et de l’INPES, ou le chef de l’ANSM et de la DGS reconnaitre sur un plateau de télévision "qu’il y a des éléments qui démontrent que l’utilisation du cannabis est bénéfique pour traiter certaines pathologies et symptômes".
  Cette déclaration du Docteur Vivek Murthy est importante pour plusieurs raisons.
  D’une part parce qu’il affirme que "ces (...)

• Transforming Global Drug Policy : From A Punisher Paradigm to Embracing Human Rights
  8 avril

  The human rights implications of the global war on drugs cover a dizzying array of governmental abuses of their citizens. Whether it’s the mass imprisonment of drug users in the US, the death squad-style atrocities of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody anti-drug campaigns, the spraying of herbicides on coca-growing peasants in Colombia, forced drug treatment camps in Southeast Asia, or the resort to the death penalty for drug offenses in any number of countries, the quixotic (...)

• The Marijuana Justice Act of 2017 Introduced
  24 mai 2018, par Farid Ghehioueche

  Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Rep. Barbara Lee have introduced comprehensive marijuana reform legislation, the Marijuana Justice Act to both chambers of Congress.
  This marks the first time that companion legislation has been introduced in both chambers of Congress remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
  The bills, S. 1689 and HR 4815 would (1) remove marijuana from the US Controlled Substances Act, thereby ending the federal criminalization of cannabis ; (2) (...)

• Conference Targets UN to Change Cannabis Policy
  19 novembre 2018, par Farid Ghehioueche

  If we miss this chance, then we may not have another window of opportunity, on the world stage, for many years What are you doing this December ? If you are a cannabis user or a sympathizer to the potential of the plant as a medicinal aid or a sustainable material, then we strongly recommend you head for Vienna to make your voice heard at the International Cannabis Policy Conference, December 7 -9th.
  Why ? Because next month the Austrian capital is going to be the focus of drug policy (...)

• UN Launches First-Ever Full Review Of Marijuana’s Status Under International Law | Marijuana Moment
  12 septembre 2018

  Here’s what the UN experts have determined so far : “There are no case reports of abuse or dependence relating to the use of pure CBD. No public health problems have been associated with CBD use,” an annex attached to Ghebreyesus’s letter reads, noting that research has shown it to be effective in treating epilepsy. “CBD has been found to be generally well tolerated with a good safety profile.”
  “Cannabidiol (CBD) is not specifically listed in the schedules of the 1961, 1971 or 1988 United Nations (...)

• USA : un juge en Californie pourrait annuler la loi fédérale contre le droit de cultiver.
  23 mars 2015

  Dans une brève Reuters reproduite ci-dessous, on apprenait mi-février que la Cour fédérale de Justice en Californie du District de Sacramento prendrait prochainement une décision symboliquement forte en ce qui concerne la classification du cannabis au tableau 1 des Stupéfiants et plus généralement pour l’ensemble des personnes vivant dans les 23 Etats US disposant de législations rendant légal l’utilisation de cannabis thérapeutique.
  Selon cet article, la juge Mueller devait rendre son verdict le 25 (...)

• Breaking news : WHO changes position on medical Cannabis after 60 years.
  5 février, par Farid Ghehioueche

  Breaking news : WHO changes position on medical Cannabis after 60 years.
  Geneva, Switzerland, January 31st, 2019.
  For the first time since Cannabis was included in the Single Convention drug treaty, the scheduling status of Cannabis within International law is being updated. The World Health Organization (WHO), the only agency mandated to do so, has officially assessed all available evidence and is issuing scientific recommendations on the therapeutic value and harms related to Cannabis (...)

• Lesotho Medical Cannabis Producer
  5 février

  Medi Kingdom - Africa’s 1st Medical Cannabis Cultivator
  Medi Kingdom pioneered the 1st legal cannabis cultivation licence in the Kingdom of Lesotho. Medi Kingdom will begin during 2019 its commercial exports of cGMP medical grade cannabis to clients in Australia, Canada & Europe.

• Bolivia, The Coca Leaf and the New Horizons of Plants Banned from International Markets
  11 mars, par Farid Ghehioueche

  2018 was a year with significant advances in the regulation of some controlled substances at the international level of drug policy and it is necessary to analyze the trends to understand the steps that Bolivia must take if it wishes to advance with its regulatory policy with a view to the international claim of the coca leaf and the possibilities of export.
  As a first success we can mention Uruguay with its Law No. 19172 which regulates the production, distribution and sale of cannabis (...)

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