Tag: United Nations

New UN Drug Report Demonstrates Cannabis Prohibition’s Ineffectiveness

Written by Johnny Green on June 27, 2025. Posted in Policy.

The United Nations has published its 2025 World Drug Report. Included in it is the statistic that an estimated 244 million people are cannabis consumers. While the United Nations Drug Report is saturated...

A 60+ Year Old International Cannabis Policy Agreement Serves No Useful Purpose In 2023

Written by Johnny Green on March 20, 2023. Posted in Policy.

Last week the United Nations’ International Narcotics Control Board issued a press release in which the international body expressed, “concern over the trend to legalize non-medical use...

United Nations To Vote On Cannabis Rescheduling

Written by Johnny Green on December 1, 2020. Posted in Politics.

This could prove to be a very big week for cannabis at the international level with the United Nations’ Commission on Narcotic Drugs voting on a series of cannabis policy recommendations from...

United Nations Pushes Back Cannabis Discussion Again

Written by Marguerite Arnold on March 16, 2020. Posted in Politics.

The United Nations, rather unbelievably in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, is again delaying its decision on medical cannabis reclassification. Coronavirus is, like AIDS and SARs, a retrovirus. Indeed...

Let the FDA and United Nations Know You Support CBD

Written by Amber Iris Langston on September 12, 2017. Posted in Politics.

Holy smokes! It’s a quick turnaround, but I just learned that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking comments for recommendations on wording it plans to give in the near...