Proposes to remove cannabis from the international list of dangerous drugs

After a scientific evaluation which ended in November 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended to eliminate cannabis (as well as cannabis resin) of the most restrictive list of the drug convention of 1961.

WHO experts emphasized in their report the need for "Eliminating Cannabis and Cannabis Oil from List IV", the Most Controlled Category of the Single Convention Convention on Narcotic Drugs.

The Committee noted at that time that List IV was in particular composed of "harmful substances with limited medical benefits" and was of the opinion that the maintenance of cannabis at this level of control would significantly restrict access. and research on possible treatments derived from the plant ".

• The fact that cannabis and cannabis resin are still on this list prevents any legal access to patients who must consume these substances to relieve the pain felt as a result of treatment for a disease.

According to International Institute of Cannabis and Cannabinoids (ICCI), the entry of cannabis and cannabis resin in this list "was due to a partial concentration of cannabis motivated by political interests from some Western countries, especially in the United States, and not for scientific reasons, as this convention requires. "

The results of the new report support the letter Tedros Adhanom GhebreyesusDirector-General of WHO, sent on 24 January to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres.

So, WHO will try to treat the 53 countries that make up the Commission on Narcotic Drugs and put it to the voteat United Nations sessions, in March in Vienna, Austria.