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WHO to Reschedule Cannabis for First Time in History Due to Obvious ‘Health Benefits’
The World Health Organization is set to reschedule cannabis for the first time in history due to its obvious health benefits.
However, according to the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence, cannabis resin and other marijuana products should now be downgraded from a schedule IV to a schedule I drug under international law.
Newsweek.com reports: Schedule IV is the strictest category outlined in the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs Treaty, meaning that cannabis is currently treated in the same way as heroin, severely restricting scientists who want to investigate the plant in the search for potential therapies.
The committee also recommended that THC—the main psychoactive ingredient in cannabis—should be designated as a schedule I drug to simplify its classification. Currently, THC is classified separately as a schedule IV drug under the 1971 Convention on Narcotic Drugs.
Furthermore, it proposes that products made with a cannabis extract known as cannabidiol, which contain no more than 0.2 percent THC, should be removed from all international drug control conventions.
More at: https://newspunch.com/who-reschedule-cannabis-health-benefits/
The World Health Organization is set to reschedule cannabis for the first time in history due to its obvious health benefits.
For the last 60 years, WHO has maintained that cannabis should not be used in medicine.However, according to the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence, cannabis resin and other marijuana products should now be downgraded from a schedule IV to a schedule I drug under international law.
Newsweek.com reports: Schedule IV is the strictest category outlined in the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs Treaty, meaning that cannabis is currently treated in the same way as heroin, severely restricting scientists who want to investigate the plant in the search for potential therapies.
The committee also recommended that THC—the main psychoactive ingredient in cannabis—should be designated as a schedule I drug to simplify its classification. Currently, THC is classified separately as a schedule IV drug under the 1971 Convention on Narcotic Drugs.
Furthermore, it proposes that products made with a cannabis extract known as cannabidiol, which contain no more than 0.2 percent THC, should be removed from all international drug control conventions.
More at: https://newspunch.com/who-reschedule-cannabis-health-benefits/
