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The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental agency that is tasked with keeping the peace. In 2020 the agency removed the harsh scheduling of the plant and recognized its therapeutic uses. Learn about the United Nations’ involvement in the cannabis industry below:


Cannabis PolicyNews Briefs

Federal Bill Would Instruct UN to Deschedule Cannabis

by TG BranfaltMarch 23, 2022June 22, 2025

A bipartisan federal bill introduced last week would instruct the United Nations (U.N.) to deschedule cannabis from its Schedule 1 status in the Single Convention of Drugs of 1961 and treat it as a commodity similar to other agricultural products. Republican Rep. Nancy Mace (S.C.) said that were the U.N. to deschedule cannabis, many other […]

UN Calls for ‘Comprehensive’ Ban on Cannabis Advertising

Adult UseCannabis Industry NewsNews Briefs
by TG BranfaltJune 25, 2021June 22, 2025

UN Commission Votes to Reschedule Cannabis

Hemp Industry NewsNews Briefs
by TG BranfaltDecember 2, 2020June 22, 2025

UN Warns Australia: ACT’s Cannabis Reforms Violate Treaties

Cannabis PolicyInternational Cannabis NewsNews Briefs
by TG BranfaltOctober 28, 2019October 21, 2024

Report: UN’s International Drug War Has Failed

International Cannabis NewsNews Briefs
by Graham AbbottOctober 22, 2018July 3, 2025

UN to Review Cannabis’ Status Under International Law

Cannabis PolicyInternational Cannabis NewsNews Briefs
by Guest ContributorAugust 14, 2018July 3, 2025
Photograph of the view looking down the row of flags at the United Nations office in Geneva.

UN Report Calls Out Nations for Cannabis Legalization

Adult UseCannabis PolicyInternational Cannabis NewsNews Briefs
by TG BranfaltMarch 13, 2018July 3, 2025

UN/WHO Statement Appears to Call for Drug Law Reforms

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by TG BranfaltJuly 6, 2017July 3, 2025

UN Report: Cannabis Still Hasn’t Caused a Single OD Death

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by TG BranfaltJune 29, 2017July 3, 2025

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