Legality of cannabis

Cannabis is illegal in most of the world, but there are some areas and countries that have made it legal. Most countries have it illegal because the United Nations' 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs said that all countries should make it illegal.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Habibi, Roojin; Hoffman, Steven J. (March 2018). "Legalizing Cannabis Violates the UN Drug Control Treaties, But Progressive Countries Like Canada Have Options". Ottawa Law Review. 49 (2). Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Bewley-Taylor, David; Jelsma, Martin; Rolles, Steve; Walsh, John (June 2016), Cannabis regulation and the UN drug treaties (PDF), archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2020, retrieved 22 July 2018


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