{"id":2027,"date":"2019-03-12T12:11:18","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T01:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/report-of-the-international-narcotics-control-board-for-2018\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T21:02:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:02:16","slug":"report-of-the-international-narcotics-control-board-for-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/report-of-the-international-narcotics-control-board-for-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Chapter I:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.incb.org\/documents\/Publications\/AnnualReports\/AR2018\/Annual_Report_Chapters\/03_Chapter_I_Annual_Report_2018_E_.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cannabis and cannabinoids for medical, scienti\ufb01c and &#8220;recreational&#8221; use: risks and bene\ufb01ts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 40px; margin-bottom: 50px; float: left;\" src=\"http:\/\/daca.org.au\/images\/Screen_Shot_2019-03-12_at_4.08.27_pm.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2019 03 12 at 4.08.27 pm\" width=\"128\" height=\"182\" \/>Recommendations<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ol start=\"72\">\n<li>Under medical cannabis programmes implemented in Canada and possibly in some other States, and in some states in the United States, the medical use of cannabinoids is poorly regulated. Those programmes are inconsistent with the international drug control treaties in failing to control cannabis production and supply. They fail to ensure that good-quality medicines are provided under medical supervision and they enable cannabis and its derivatives to be diverted to non-medical use.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMedical cannabis\u201d programmes may also have been used by advocates of the legalization of cannabis use to facilitate the legalization of non-medical cannabis use, which is contrary to the international drug control treaties. Such programmes have used very broad definitions of \u201cmedical use\u201d and allowed commercial businesses to supply illicitly produced cannabis. In the United States, those programmes also appear to have reduced public perceptions of the risks of using cannabis and have weakened public concern about cannabis legalization.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.incb.org\/incb\/en\/publications\/annual-reports\/annual-report-2018.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">For Complete Report&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter I:&nbsp;Cannabis and cannabinoids for medical, scienti\ufb01c and &#8220;recreational&#8221; use: risks and bene\ufb01ts Recommendations Under medical cannabis programmes implemented in Canada and possibly in some other States, and in some states in the United States, the medical use of cannabinoids is poorly regulated. 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