Cannabis Regulation and the UN Drug Treaties: Strategies for Reform

Cannabis Regulation and the UN Drug Treaties: Strategies for Reform
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As jurisdictions enact reforms creating legal access to cannabis for purposes other than exclusively “medical and scientific,” tensions surrounding the existing UN drug treaties and evolving law and practice in Member States continue to grow. How might governments and the UN system address these growing tensions in ways that acknowledge the policy shifts underway and help to modernize the drug treaty regime itself, and thereby reinforce the UN pillars of human rights, development, peace and security, and the rule of law?

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HIV Legal Network
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Terry Gould
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2016
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