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• Press release • 41st ECDD cannabis review
  17 novembre 2018

  This week at the headquarters of WHO (World Health Organization) in Geneva (Switzerland), the Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) meets to undertake the final part of the scientific review of cannabis, resin, extracts, THC, and CBD extracts [1]. Their outcome is likely to change the scheduling status of cannabis within the international drug control Treaties [2].
  WHO never updated its policy on cannabis since 1954 [3] – although THC was identified in 1964 and its mechanisms of action (...)

• Conference Targets UN to Change Cannabis Policy
  19 novembre 2018, par Farid Ghehioueche

  If we miss this chance, then we may not have another window of opportunity, on the world stage, for many years What are you doing this December ? If you are a cannabis user or a sympathizer to the potential of the plant as a medicinal aid or a sustainable material, then we strongly recommend you head for Vienna to make your voice heard at the International Cannabis Policy Conference, December 7 -9th.
  Why ? Because next month the Austrian capital is going to be the focus of drug policy (...)

• USA : un juge en Californie pourrait annuler la loi fédérale contre le droit de cultiver.
  23 mars 2015

  Dans une brève Reuters reproduite ci-dessous, on apprenait mi-février que la Cour fédérale de Justice en Californie du District de Sacramento prendrait prochainement une décision symboliquement forte en ce qui concerne la classification du cannabis au tableau 1 des Stupéfiants et plus généralement pour l’ensemble des personnes vivant dans les 23 Etats US disposant de législations rendant légal l’utilisation de cannabis thérapeutique.
  Selon cet article, la juge Mueller devait rendre son verdict le 25 (...)

• The Marijuana Justice Act of 2017 Introduced
  24 mai 2018, par Farid Ghehioueche

  Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Rep. Barbara Lee have introduced comprehensive marijuana reform legislation, the Marijuana Justice Act to both chambers of Congress.
  This marks the first time that companion legislation has been introduced in both chambers of Congress remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
  The bills, S. 1689 and HR 4815 would (1) remove marijuana from the US Controlled Substances Act, thereby ending the federal criminalization of cannabis ; (2) (...)

• USA : le chef de la santé de l’administration Obama reconnait l’utilité du cannabis en médecine.
  5 février 2015, par Farid Ghehioueche

  Au lendemain de la discussion au Sénat français, c’est une nouvelle qui aurait fait l’effet d’une bombe aux pays des Lumières. Imaginez le responsable de l’INSERM et de l’INPES, ou le chef de l’ANSM et de la DGS reconnaitre sur un plateau de télévision "qu’il y a des éléments qui démontrent que l’utilisation du cannabis est bénéfique pour traiter certaines pathologies et symptômes".
  Cette déclaration du Docteur Vivek Murthy est importante pour plusieurs raisons.
  D’une part parce qu’il affirme que "ces (...)

• UN Launches First-Ever Full Review Of Marijuana’s Status Under International Law | Marijuana Moment
  12 septembre 2018

  Here’s what the UN experts have determined so far : “There are no case reports of abuse or dependence relating to the use of pure CBD. No public health problems have been associated with CBD use,” an annex attached to Ghebreyesus’s letter reads, noting that research has shown it to be effective in treating epilepsy. “CBD has been found to be generally well tolerated with a good safety profile.”
  “Cannabidiol (CBD) is not specifically listed in the schedules of the 1961, 1971 or 1988 United Nations (...)

• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Brings Former Marijuana Policy Project Director
  5 février, par Farid Ghehioueche

  In her much loved dinner prep Instagram livestreams, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has made it clear that she thinks marijuana prohibition is a “tool” used to oppress people of color in the United States. But other than the fact she’d legalize cannabis and advocate for the release of people who have been incarcerated for nonviolent drug offenses, she hasn’t released much info on her ideas around cannabis.
  Those looking for clues to any potential strategy got another one this week, (...)

• Pétition · Ouverture du Premier Cannabis Social Club Bruxellois
  9 mai

  Nous représentons donc une association à but non lucratif qui regroupe d’une part des membres qui sont des consommateurs et d’autre part des cultivateurs de cannabis. BE.0703.906.531 (www.cscbrussels.be)
  Convaincus des nombreux avantages qui en découlent, nous militons en faveur d’une régularisation du cannabis en Belgique, notamment éviter l’interaction du consommateur thérapeutique et récréatif avec le marché noir, dénoncer les abus que la législation actuelle provoque chez les consommateurs de (...)

• Transforming Global Drug Policy : From A Punisher Paradigm to Embracing Human Rights
  8 avril

  The human rights implications of the global war on drugs cover a dizzying array of governmental abuses of their citizens. Whether it’s the mass imprisonment of drug users in the US, the death squad-style atrocities of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody anti-drug campaigns, the spraying of herbicides on coca-growing peasants in Colombia, forced drug treatment camps in Southeast Asia, or the resort to the death penalty for drug offenses in any number of countries, the quixotic (...)

• Canabusiness Awards | International Cannabis Policy Conference 2018
  11 octobre 2018

  Cannabis : when growth meets sustainability.
  FAAAT think & do tank calls for serious and like-minded entrepreneurs to engage in a quality Cannabis business-to-business realm designed to gather companies, products, people and ideas that change the way we think about Cannabis, those that change the way we use Cannabis and its derivatives, and those that make policies.
  The International Cannabusiness Awards provides a space to gather people who innovate, create, grow, and want to (...)

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