Items tagged with reclassification
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Amid worsening food shortages, we need to turn over a new leaf on the coca plant [23.03.2023] | The coca leaf has been a staple in Andean communities for centuries, serving as a source of nutrition, as an aide for altitude adjustment, and as an ... |
Biden pardons thousands convicted of marijuana possession under federal law [06.10.2022] | President Biden pardoned thousands of people convicted of marijuana possession under federal law and said his administration would review whether mar ... |
UN reclassification of cannabis could give India’s legalisation movement a boost [04.12.2020] | In a highly-anticipated vote held on December 2, the United Nations Commission for Narcotic Drugs reclassified cannabis as a less dangerous drug. The ... |
Not all WHO cannabis recommendations would loosen international control, UN drug agency says [26.06.2020] | An analysis by the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) concludes that most of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) cannabis scheduling reco ... |
Cannabis rescheduling [25.06.2020] | In January 2019 the World Health Organization issued a collection of formal recommendations to reschedule cannabis and cannabis-related substances, t ... |
Coca leaf: Myths and Reality [16.06.2020] | Many myths surround coca. Every day press accounts around the world use the word coca in their headlines, when they refer in fact to cocaine. TNI's D ... |
UN body preparing for December vote on WHO cannabis recommendations despite coronavirus [28.05.2020] | A document prepared by the chair of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) has laid out a course to keep on track for December’s key v ... |
Global vote on cannabis as medicine expected to be delayed again [01.03.2020] | The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) was set to hold a significant vote to reclassify cannabis as a medicine, a historic change to i ... |
Regulating Drugs: Resolving Conflicts with the UN Drug Control Treaty System [29.11.2019] | There are good reasons to legally regulate drugs markets, rather than persist with efforts to ban all non-medical uses of psychoactive substances. Re ... |
Medicinal cannabis: Legalised yet impossible to access [14.05.2019] | On 1 November 2018, the UK changed the law on medicinal cannabis. Medicinal cannabis products were moved from schedule 1, meaning they have no medici ... |
UN committee unexpectedly withholds marijuana scheduling recommendations [07.12.2018] | The World Health Organization (WHO) was expected to make recommendations about the international legal status of marijuana, which reform advocates ho ... |
Local officials from across US call for federal marijuana rescheduling [13.11.2018] | The National League of Cities (NLC), representing over 19,000 cities, towns and villages across the United States is calling on the federal governmen ... |
Sajid Javid looks into easing rules on medical cannabis prescription [03.07.2018] | The home secretary, Sajid Javid, is considering whether cannabis could be made easier to prescribe for medical use, Downing Street has said. It comes ... |
7 mayors want pot removed from federal list of illegal drugs [12.06.2018] | Mayors from seven U.S. cities in states with legal marijuana have formed a coalition to push for federal marijuana policy reform just days after Pres ... |
Jeff Sessions is really going to hate the World Health Organization’s first-ever marijuana review [08.06.2018] | The World Health Organization met in Geneva, Switzerland, to review a first-of-its-kind report on the health and safety of cannabis, and President Do ... |
Caricom commission submits ganja report [25.01.2018] | The Caribbean Community (Caricom) Regional Marijuana Commission established to investigate the issue of marijuana use in the region has submitted a s ... |
Guyana to host consultations on marijuana use [03.11.2017] | Guyana will host a consultation on the use of marijuana as part of the efforts by Caribbean Community (CARICOM) governments to conduct in-depth resea ... |
Congress is considering a bill that would expand Jeff Sessions’s power to escalate the war on drugs [16.06.2017] | Congress is considering a bill that would expand the federal government's ability to pursue the war on drugs, granting new power to the attorney gene ... |
Tufton appeals to WHO for more leadership on ganja [24.05.2017] | Minister of Health, Christopher Tufton has called on the World Health Organisation (WHO) to remove cannabis from its current classification as a Sche ... |
Ganja lobby wrong [15.05.2017] | The Ministry of Health (MoH) of Jamaica has indicated that it has begun taking steps to change the schedule class of marijuana to effect amendments t ... |
Drug reform push stalls [10.04.2017] | While there has been some progress in modernising drug laws, there is almost no good news in Thailand or the region. Despite Gen Paiboon's pioneering ... |
De-schedule dagga to create jobs, says community [23.03.2017] | As the deadline for public comment on the guideline documents for cultivation of cannabis for medical use looms, an Eastern Cape community is calling ... |
Paiboon stands by delisting pot, krathom plan [18.11.2016] | Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya from Thailand is standing firm in his aim to remove krathom and marijuana from the narcotic drugs list and treat t ... |
Deaths involving fentanyl rise as curbing illicit supply proves tough [17.11.2016] | To get in front of production, the State Department and a group of U.S. senators asked the United Nations in October to add to the list of tightly co ... |
Cannabis and Cannabis Resin [13.10.2016] | The scheduling under the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs assumes a scientific justification. However, cannabis and cannabis resin have never been ... |
The DEA is withdrawing a proposal to ban another plant after the Internet got really mad [12.10.2016] | The Drug Enforcement Administration is reversing a widely criticized decision that would have banned the use of kratom, a plant that researchers say ... |
Congress calls out DEA for unilateral move to expand the war on drugs [25.09.2016] | A bipartisan group of House lawmakers are asking the Drug Enforcement Administration to reconsider its decision to place the herbal supplement kratom ... |
The DEA wants to ban another plant [14.09.2016] | The Drug Enforcement Administration has received a torrent of backlash from patients with chronic pain and former opiate users after announcing plans ... |
Ketamine should be kept off worldwide illegal drugs list, doctors say [02.09.2016] | The powerful tranquiliser ketamine should be kept off a worldwide illegal drugs list despite it being abused by clubbers, doctors are arguing. They s ... |
DEA’s sudden 'herbal heroin' ban triggers stiff resistance from kratom community [31.08.2016] | An increasingly popular plant product called "herbal heroin" by detractors is about to become illegal in the United States. The Drug Enforcement Admi ... |
Did the DEA just kick open the door for the pharmaceuticalization of pot? [11.08.2016] | While much ink has been spilled over the last few days regarding DEA’s refusal to recognize marijuana as a medicine and its unwillingness to reclassi ... |
Activists furious over DEA's refusal to recognise medical benefits of marijuana [10.08.2016] | Campaigners have reacted with dismay after the Obama administration refused to stop classifying marijuana as a dangerous drug with no medical use - e ... |
DEA rejects attempt to loosen federal restrictions on marijuana [09.08.2016] | The Obama administration has denied a bid by two Democratic governors to reconsider how it treats marijuana under federal drug control laws, keeping ... |
Thailand’s novel approach to drugs could offer lesson to neighbors [07.08.2016] | Forward thinking is not what one has come to expect from the conservative military regime running Thailand for the past two years. But a government w ... |
Soaring prison population prompts Thailand to re-think 'lost' drug war [17.07.2016] | More than a decade after Thailand declared a "war on drugs", the country is admitting defeat. As the prison population soars, Justice Minister Paiboo ... |
Time to remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act [16.06.2016] | A recent memorandum by representatives of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to several U.S. senators indicates that the agency is prepar ... |
TNI at CND 2016: reports from Vienna [21.03.2016] | The Transnational Institute (TNI) attended the 59th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna from the 14-22nd March. The CND negotiat ... |
Not just a party drug: no ketamine means no surgery in some developing countries [03.03.2016] | My supply of ketamine is under threat. I’m not a recreational drug taker. I’m an anaesthetist, and for me ketamine is medicine. In rural hospitals in ... |
Chile president: Marijuana no longer on ‘hard drug’ list [03.12.2015] | Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has signed a decree that removes marijuana from the country’s list of hard drugs. The decree also authorizes the ... |
Bans on legal highs will drive booming trade underground, drug experts warn [03.06.2015] | The booming trade in legal highs will go underground in the face of blanket bans, such as that now being debated in Britain, European drug experts ha ... |
Jamaica to lead charge to change int'l treaties on marijuana [17.03.2015] | Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Anthony Hylton, says Jamaica intends to lead a charge in the United Nations to effect changes to the i ... |
Ketamine: why not everyone wants a ban [13.03.2015] | China is proposing there should be a worldwide ban on ketamine - the drug that can lead to users needing to have their bladders removed. But ketamine ... |
The war on ketamine [08.03.2015] | In a dispute that pits the war on drugs against global health needs — and one UN agency against another — a pair of Canadian researchers is spearhead ... |
WMA warns against making essential anaesthetic a controlled drug [06.03.2015] | The World Medical Association is urging its 111 member associations to lobby their governments to oppose scheduling the anaesthetic agent Ketamine as ... |
The ketamine controversy, continued [06.03.2015] | The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna will decide next week between two opposite proposals by China and the WHO about international contro ... |
Why ‘Special K’ is good medicine [02.03.2015] | In the global world of illicit drug policies, the granddaddy of them all is the United States. But as the U.S. starts to, perhaps, question the effec ... |
Ketamine control plan condemned as potential disaster for world's rural poor [27.02.2015] | A proposal that is about to come before the UN to restrict global access to ketamine, a drug abused in rich countries, would deprive millions of wome ... |
Marijuana may be even safer than previously thought, researchers say [23.02.2015] | Compared to other recreational drugs -- including alcohol -- marijuana may be even safer than previously thought. And researchers may be systematical ... |
The UK needs common sense about ketamine [17.02.2015] | Ketamine is a unique anaesthetic and analgesic that has unfortunately become a popular recreational drug. In an attempt to reduce recreational use, a ... |
CND decision to schedule ketamine would undermine WHO treaty mandate [16.02.2015] | The 58th Session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in March 2015 has been asked to consider a Chinese proposal to place ketamine – an esse ... |
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