{"id":12422,"date":"2023-03-22T18:32:13","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T18:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/international-cannabis-policy-agreement-serves-no-purpose\/"},"modified":"2023-03-22T18:32:13","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T18:32:13","slug":"international-cannabis-policy-agreement-serves-no-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/international-cannabis-policy-agreement-serves-no-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"International Cannabis Policy Agreement Serves No Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Last week the United Nations\u2019 International Narcotics Control Board issued a\u00a0press release\u00a0in which the international body expressed, \u201cconcern over the trend to legalize non-medical use of cannabis, which contravenes the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n
In its\u00a02022 Annual Report, the International Narcotics Control Board outlined the following, as also mentioned in last week\u2019s press release:<\/p>\n
Coupled with the points listed above, the press release also provided various arguments and talking points to seemingly portray cannabis legalization in as negative a light as possible. The press release also seemed to ignore quite a bit of real-world context, so I figured I would provide some below.<\/p>\n
One of the most popular talking points among cannabis opponents as legalization continues its march across the globe is that legalization violates the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. <\/p>\n
For many years opponents would point to the international agreement as \u2018justification\u2019 for preventing legalization efforts worldwide. After all, opponents benefit from the status quo, so it is not surprising that they will point to this particular agreement and leverage it to try to slow down the legalization process anywhere and everywhere.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately for opponents, the legalization genie is already out of the bottle. Uruguay became the first country to pass a national adult-use legalization measure back in 2013. Canada followed suit in 2018. <\/p>\n
In late 2021, Malta also passed a national legalization measure. Germany is expected to see a governing coalition-backed legalization measure introduced in the near future, and that will likely result in a flood of other countries doing the same.<\/p>\n