Lex lata cannabis legalization: statement at the 2022 United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs
[Video] Plenary statement at the 65th UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, about a cannabis legalization compliant with the drug conventions
History, science, and politics of international cannabis scheduling, 2015–2021
Just published: Oct. 2021 report on the 2015-2021 cannabis scheduling process at the WHO and United Nations (open access PDF)
Demain, les Cannabis Social Clubs
Contribution to the work of the French Parliament on “recreational cannabis” : the Cannabis Social Club model [French]
Demain, les Cannabis Social Clubs
Contribution to the work of the French Parliament on “recreational cannabis” : the Cannabis Social Club model [French]
Future conferences: Hemp Business Day, challenging Southern European policies on industrial Cannabis
THE FIRST CONGRESS ABOUT HEMP & CBD IN SOUTH EUROPE | FRIDAY APRIL 26th 2019. FICOBA. IRUN, SPAIN
Breaking news: WHO changes position on medical Cannabis after 60 years.
PRESS RELEASE | 31st Jan. 2019 | Outcome of #ECDD41 on Cannabis. World Health Organization acknowledges medical use of Cannabis after 60 years of denial.
Press statement – WHO Cannabis Review non-outcome
International Cannabis Policy Conference | Vienna 2018
FAAAT launches the International Cannabis Policy Conference | Vienna, Austria | December 7-9, 2018 | #CannabiSDG | www.cannabis-conference.com
Cannabis: WHO just acknowledged historical misjudgment and heads towards global policy update
After thoroughly assessing Cannabis, THC and CBD in June, the WHO has just recognized its historical misjudgment that led to the placement of Cannabis medicines among heroin or fentanyl derivates, and will consider an international change of scheduling to adequate policies with evidence. #ECDD40
ECDD40 in Geneva: pivotal moment for global Cannabis policies
This week in Geneva for the first time ever, the WHO drugs committee has heard the voices of doctors, patients, and researchers, and started to weigh the harms and benefits of Cannabis neutrally.
[VIDEO] Hepatitis C among people who use drugs, Governments & the UN.
FAAAT co-hosted, last March at the United Nations, a consensus conference where governments and representative of drug users discussed the global state of Hepatitis C and recommendations raised from the practice. Video and track record.
Will modern drug policies come from Norway?
The Norwegian Association for Safer Drug Policies, FAAAT and 20 policymakers and stakeholders from 10 countries recalled that Norway should be a model for the rest of the world’s drug policy reforms.
[VIDEO] Hierarchy of norms: Human rights vs. drug control. #LegalRegulations
#LegalRegulations • Do the Drug Conventions really forbid legal regulations? We ask properly the question to key experts: Is it allowed to legalize drugs?
After UNGASS: the Way Forward for UN Drug Strategies
Statement delivered to the 6th Intersessional meeting of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, about the “way forward and preparations for the 62nd session of the CND in 2019” on November 16th, 2017.
European Parliament: designing a future for drug policies in urban areas
In the European Parliament, representatives of municipal and national governments, decision makers, law enforcement, civil society, people who use drugs, harm reduction and treatment providers, and academics have been focusing together on substance use in the urban environment, and exchanging experiences on evidence-informed policies to best mitigate drug-related harms.
Tidbits from the United Nations lobbies, 60th Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Four simple questions about present and future drug policies were asked to stakeholders attending the 60th UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs. Their answers in videos.
Legal Regulations – series of events on a positive, constructive and consensual future for drug policies
Legal Regulations – series of events on a positive, constructive and consensual future for drug policies
Canada: Final recommendations of the Task Force on Cannabis Regulation
The final report of the Canadian Task Force on Cannabis Legalization and Regulation, issued on November 30th 2016, is the product of broad consultations within the Canadian society.
Conference « Introduction to Cannabis Social Clubs » at the UN
Cannabis Social Club: a social, ethic, human-scale and health-based model addressing the misuse, abuse and potential damages due to cannabis use while countering the unregulated growth of cannabis supply.
Cannabis Social Club • Policy for the XXIst century
