Cannabis: Difference between revisions

>David Hedlund
"Legal status of cannabis possession for recreational use"
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Legal status: For table of countries, see Wikipedia's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Global_cannabis_legalization_table global cannabis legalization table].
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For table of countries, see Wikipedia's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Global_cannabis_legalization_table global cannabis legalization table].


===United Nations===
===United Nations===
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====Rescheduling proposals====
====Rescheduling proposals====
The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for whole-plant marijuana, as well as cannabis resin, to be removed from Schedule IV—the most restrictive category of a 1961 drug convention signed by countries from around the world.<ref>{{Citation | vauthors=((Angell, T.)) | year=2019 | title=World Health Organization Recommends Reclassifying Marijuana Under International Treaties | url=https://www.marijuanamoment.net/read-the-world-health-organizations-marijuana-rescheduling-recommendations/}}</ref>
The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for whole-plant marijuana, as well as cannabis resin, to be removed from Schedule IV—the most restrictive category of a 1961 drug convention signed by countries from around the world.<ref>{{Citation | vauthors=((Angell, T.)) | year=2019 | title=World Health Organization Recommends Reclassifying Marijuana Under International Treaties | url=https://www.marijuanamoment.net/read-the-world-health-organizations-marijuana-rescheduling-recommendations/}}</ref>
'''Sweden:''' Tetrahydrocannabinol is a controlled substance under the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances<ref name=":0" />. However, it has been approved for medical use by the Swedish Medical Products Agency<ref>Sativex SPC. Sativex is approved for use in Sweden, Denmark, Canada, New Zealand, Spain, Germany and other EU countries. </ref>, in the form of an oral solution sold under the brand name Sativex.<ref>{{Citation | title=Sativex - FASS Allmänhet | url=https://www.fass.se/LIF/product?userType=2&nplId=20101019000051}}</ref><ref>Sativex is prescribed for some adult patients with moderate to severe spasticity caused by multiple sclerosis, if other medications have proven to be insufficient in relieving the patient of symptoms.</ref>


==See also==
==See also==