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Major International Victory for Medical Cannabis!
ASA Members Move International Rescheduling Process Forward
December 26, 2016 | Steph Sherer

Major Victory graphicAmericans for Safe Access (ASA) has just learned that the World Health Organization’s Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) decided to move forward with a process that may reclassify medical cannabis under international law. The debate about medical cannabis at the ECDD has been stalled for years, but persistent pressure by ASA members, staff and international allies has resulted in historic movement towards rescheduling. The influential committee will hold a special session to discuss medical cannabis in eighteen months.

ECDD recommendations are instrumental in changing the classification of medical cannabis under the United Nations (UN) Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961, as amended by the 1972 Protocol (the “UN Single Convention”). 185 nations have signed the UN Single Convention, which many politicians consider to be an obstacle to federal medical cannabis reform in the United States. This process could mean fundamental changes in the way the United States and other nations treat medical cannabis patients, research and regulations – changes that cannot be undone by one country or the new US Presidential Administration.

We learned about the ECDD decision from a report that was disseminated at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) meeting convened in Vienna November 30 through December 2, 2016, that was recently posted online. The report, entitled “Extract from the Report of the 38th Expert Committee on Drug Dependence, convened from 14 to 18 November 2016,” said in part:

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