United Nations Approves WHO Recommendations to Reschedule Cannabis In Historic Vote

“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” George Bernard Shaw

I thought of this quote as I read the news last week about the United Nation’s historic vote on rescheduling cannabis.

In case you missed it: Late last week, the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) accepted a World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation to remove cannabis and cannabis resin from Schedule IV of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.

The historic vote in Vienna could have far-reaching implications for the global medical cannabis industry, ranging from regulatory oversight to scientific research into the plant and its use as a medicine.

The vote carries broad symbolic significance for medical cannabis. Now that the CND tacitly acknowledges the medical utility of the drug, it could encourage countries to reevaluate how cannabis is classified on their own lists of narcotic drugs, potentially paving the way for more research into its use as a treatment for a variety of conditions.

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