A confidential letter from the INCB on the status of CBD has been stirring up the industry for the past few days. Published by Portuguese media outlet CannaReporter, the document is well...
The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) has officially presented a 19-member expert group tasked with drafting recommendations for the revision of the...
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that Hungary has infringed European law by opposing the Union's common position...
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has publicly called on U.S. President Donald Trump to end the ban on cannabis and replace it with a...
For the first time in its history, UNESCO's flagship conference on cultural policies will be giving Cannabis a prominent place, marking the...
The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND ) has officially decided to include hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) in Schedule II of the 1971 Convention on Narcotic Drugs....
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has called on world leaders to treat drug use as a serious threat to the...
A recent report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has highlighted significant changes in global trends...
In a bid to combat racial profiling in France, several international and national organizations filed a complaint with the UN on Thursday, April 11, to attack...
The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) convened a special session in Vienna on March 14 and 15, 2024. The gathering attracted a large number of...
The Patient Council of the International Alliance for Cannabinoid Medicines (IACM), an international coalition of patient organizations, will be taking part in the next session of the...
A report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) calls for a shift away from punitive measures to tackle the global drug problem...
In a statement issued on Friday June 23, a group of United Nations representatives and human rights experts called for an end to...
As regular Newsweed consumers will have noticed, we've been on hiatus for the past 2 weeks. But since there's no news to wait for us, here's a...
The tide is turning in favor of hemp at the highest levels of global governance, explain Lorenza Romanese, Managing Director, and Francesco Mirizzi, Senior Policy Advisor,...
In his address to the United Nations General Assembly, the Colombian president stressed the need to put an end to the war on drugs and...
One year after the official recognition of cannabis' potential as a medicine, nearly 200 advocacy and civil society groups are supporting...
In its latest report, the United Nations expresses concern about the declining vigilance of young people with regard to the dangers of cannabis. To find a...
After two years of heated debate, the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) voted today in Vienna to remove cannabis from the Schedule of...
At its 63rd session from December 2 to 4, the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) could, if it gets the go-ahead...
