APPG Co-Chairs welcome ‘long overdue’ UN vote to remove medical cannabis from dangerous drug category

Frank WarburtonDecember 2, 2020Cannabis, Medical Cannabis, United Nations, Drug Policy Reform

The Guardian: Why we must legalise cannabis now for the sake of public health (Jeff Smith)

Next week Canada will become the first G7 country to vote to legalise and regulate cannabis.

It joins Uruguay and nine US states, and will probably be followed by New Zealand, which is set to hold a referendum on legalising cannabis in the next three years.

Op-EdsFrank WarburtonJune 3, 2018Cannabis

Volteface: 'High Level Parliamentary Group Calls For Medical Cannabis Legalisation in the UK'

A high level parliamentary enquiry has called for the legalisation of cannabis for medical purposes. The report, by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Drug Policy Reform, has been published today and follows an extensive inquiry lasting 7 months into the medical value of cannabis, currently a Schedule I substance.

United KingdomFrank WarburtonSeptember 12, 2016Volteface, Medical Cannabis, APPG, Drug Policy Reform, UK, Moly Meacher, Cannabis, Government

BBC: 'MPs and Peers call for radical new approach to drugs laws'

A group of MPs and Peers says legal cannabis markets should be tested and drug use decriminalised as part of a radical new approach to drug use. The All Party Parliamentary Group for Drug Policy Reform wants an overhaul in global narcotics policy.

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