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Cannabis policy
history, legacy and evidence
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Origins of cannabis control
1925 Geneva
Convention on
Opium
1930s
prohibitionist
movement
US influence in
the UN diplomacy
after world war II
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Cannabis
Classified as one of the most dangerous substances
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UN Single Convention 1961
Schedule I
Acetorphine
AcetorphineAcetyl-
alpha-methylfentanyl
Alphaprodine
Betacetylmethadol
Beta-hydroxy-3-
methylfentanyl
Cannabis and
Cannabis resin
Coca leaf
Cocaine
Desomorphine
Dipipanone
Fentanyl
Etorphine
Heroin
Metazocine
Methadone
Morphine
Opium
Oxycodone
Schedule II
Acetyldihydrocodein
Codeine
Dextropropoxyphen
Dihydrocodeine
Ethylmorphin
Nicocodine
Nicodicodine
Norcodeine
Pholcodine
Propiram
Schedule III
Preparations of
Acetyldihydrocodein
Codeine,
DihydrocodeineEthylmo
rphine, Nicodicodine,
Norcodeine,
Pholcodine
Preparations of
Propiram
Preparations of
Cocaine
Schedule IV
AcetorphineAcetyl-
alpha-methylfentanyl
Beta-hydroxy-3-
methylfentanyl
Beta-hydroxyfentan
Cannabis and
Cannabis resin
Desomorphine
Etorphine
Heroin
Ketobemidone
3-methylfentanyl
3-methylthiofentanyl
MPPP
Para-fluorofentanyl
PEPAPThiofentanyl
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100 years of Governments or Parliaments
studies on the effects of cannabis
1894 United Kingdom
The Indian Hemp Drugs Commission
1925 Panama
The Panama Canal Zone Report
1944 USA
La Guardia Report
1969 United Kingdom
the Wootton Report
1970 Canada
Le Dain Report
1971 &1972 Netherlands
Baan & Hulsman Commissions
1973 USA
Shafer Commission
1971 & 1977 Australia
Marriott Committee and the Baume Committee
1982 United Kingdom
Report of the Expert Group on the Effects of Cannabis Use, Home
Office Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, Home Office
1994 Australia
Commonwealth of Australia Legislative options for cannabis use
1998 United Kingdom
House of Lord Science and Technology Select Committee, Ninth
Report, Cannabis: the scientific and medical evidence,
1998 New Zealand
Inquiry into the Mental Health Effects of Cannabis, Report of the
Health Committee, AJHR, I.6A New Zealand,
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100 years of Governments or Parliaments
studies on the effects of cannabis
1999 Switzerland
Swiss Federal Commission for Drug Issues, Cannabis
Report, Federal Office of Public Health, Bern
2001 Jamaica
A Report of the National Commission on Ganja to Rt. Hon. P.J.
Patterson, Q.C., M. P. Prime Minister of Jamaica,
2002 United Kingdom
Reports by the Advisory Council on Misuse of Drugs,
Home Office, The Classification of Cannabis under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
2002 Canada
The Senate Special Committee On Illegal Drugs, Cannabis: Our
Position For A Canadian Public Policy,
2003 France
Rapport de la Commission d’enquête su Sénat français sur la
politique nationale de lutte contre les drogues illicites, N°321,
2005 United Kingdom
Further Consideration of the Classification of Cannabis
under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
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Review of 100 years of official studies
1. Cannabis is not an
harmless substance
2. The dangers have been
overstated
3. Personal use offences
do not require criminal
sanctions
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Lancet 2010: Drug harms in the UK: a multicriteria
decision analysis
David J Nutt, Leslie A King, Lawrence D Phillips, on
behalf of the Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs
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Studies adverse effects from cannabis use
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Cannabis – a political hot topic
Debates and controversies
Most stringent classification
Exaggeration and banalisation
Centre of diplomatic attention among
nations and scientific controversies