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Reconsidering International Cannabis Policies: Vote on World Health Organization recommendations delayed

On February 25, 2019 the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) delayed the vote on recommendations by the World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) to reschedule cannabis under international conventions. The vote on these recommendations was proposed to occur during the CNDs 62nd session in Vienna, Austria in March. In late January 2019, the WHO ECDD proposed recommendations to the CND that cannabis be rescheduled from the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs 1961 (1961 Convention) and the Convention on Psychotropic Substances 1971 (1971 Convention). With these recommendations, the cannabis community is overwhelmed with much fervor and excitement. But what does this all mean? Conventions and Controls The CND is a policy making body … [Read more...] about Reconsidering International Cannabis Policies: Vote on World Health Organization recommendations delayed

CBD in the USA

I’ve had the opportunity to attend several cannabis conferences and expos in the United States over the last year and many people who came by to talk to me would ask if they’re allowed to sell cannabidiol (CBD) products, both within and outside their home state. The move recently to approve GW Pharma’s Epidiolex®, in the U.S. is a significant one as it is an admission by the U.S. FDA that cannabis has medical value. On September 27, 2018, the Department of Justice and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) placed Epidiolex® on schedule V of the Controlled Substances Act, the least restrictive schedule of the CSA. This class is for medications with lower abuse potential. By classifying Epidiolex® as a schedule V drug, it will be made appropriately available to the public for medical use. All … [Read more...] about CBD in the USA

California and Canada: Emerging Synergies

By Michael Elkin As a Canadian living and working in California for the last three months, I can say that California and Canada are each unique markets. Comparing the two markets is challenging at best. On the one hand, Canada that has been operating in the medical cannabis market for the last 5 years. As of today, Canada has 101 licensed producers at various stages in their businesses. Canada is also heading for recreational legalization later this year. Then you have California. As of January 1, 2018, California has opened the legal recreational framework to coincide with the existing medical landscape that has already been operating in the state for roughly 20 years. California, having a similarpopulation as Canada, has roughly 68 thousand cultivators that operate in the … [Read more...] about California and Canada: Emerging Synergies