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These alternative legal pathways could include reservations, inter se agreements among like-minded States, or reliance on human rights obligations to justify departures from outdated treaty provisions. 7/7

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Addressing that tension is essential for the credibility and future relevance of the international drug control regime. Meanwhile, progressive Member States may need to explore alternative legal pathways for reform. 6/7

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The coca leaf review reveals a structural tension between outdated treaty provisions and contemporary standards, and underscores the limits of systemic evolution through existing treaty mechanisms. 5/7

The decision affects the credibility of the WHO as an independent body capable of guiding the UN drug control system toward evidence-based and human rights–compliant reform. 4/7

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The conclusion the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) reached — retaining Schedule I status on convertibility grounds — offered procedural closure without confronting systemic inconsistencies. 3/7

A recommendation to delete coca leaf from the schedules would have generated political controversy that many Member States and the UN drug control bureaucracy preferred to avoid. 2/7

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International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) @idpc.net · 10/12/2025

Coca review denouement: The UN drug scheduling system in dispute TNI Statement to the #CND69 about the WHO coca review, that recommended that the coca leaf remains in Schedule I of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. 1/7 www.tni.org/en/article/c...

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‘Narcoterrorism’ is back in official discourse across the Americas – with deadly consequences. 🎯 Watch our event for #HumanRightsDay (EN/ES/PT) with UN & civil society experts on how to defend human rights amid this new ‘war on drugs’ f.mtr.cool/cwblwjuhbe

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International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) @idpc.net · 11/12/2025

The EU must do better: the proposed policing-first approach of the draft Strategy presented by the Commission sidelines harm reduction and omits key human rights guidance. With 80+ orgs, we call for a balanced, health-centred and rights-based approach!

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New EU Drug Strategy risks undermining health, harm reduction and human rights - Joint letter by 84 civil society organisations

We join 83 organisations urging EU Member States to revise the proposed Drug Strategy and reject a trafficking-only Action Plan, to ensure harm reduction, health and human rights remain central to EU drug policy.

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Tom Blickman @tomblickman.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Coca leaves remain on the list of highly dangerous substances. The window of opportunity for their removal has been shut: the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended keeping them on Schedule I — the most restrictive — of the 1961 Single Convention. english.elpais.com/internationa...

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WHO rejects request from Bolivia and Colombia to remove the coca leaf from list of most-persecuted substances

Schedule I of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs limits the possibility of scientific research and the exploration of alternative uses

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Filter | harm reduction journalism @filtermag.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

"The World Health Organization had a historic opportunity to ease a global ban on the coca leaf," reports @matthabusby.bsky.social. "But the agency has chosen not to do so." The December 2 decision goes against the findings of the WHO's own expert review, which detailed harms of prohibition:

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“Moral Bankruptcy” as WHO Opts to Maintain Global Coca Prohibition - Filter

The World Health Organization had a historic opportunity to ease a strict global ban on the coca leaf—a prohibition, campaigners ...

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Tom Blickman @tomblickman.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

The WHO’s Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) recommends to keep the #coca leaf in Schedule I of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs ... Defying evidence and ignoring Indigenous rights ... Yet another tragic historical mistake ... idpc.net/press/2025/1...

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WHO upholds coca leaf ban, defying evidence and ignoring Indigenous rights

Despite clear evidence and contravening Indigenous rights, WHO recommends the harshest scheduling for the coca leaf, upholding racist and colonial underpinnings of its ban.

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Many farmers are lured by the higher rewards of the black market, despite its risks. To close the gap, legalisation advocates say growing for recreational use should also be allowed. 4/4

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While cooperatives take months to pay farmers about 50 dirhams per kilogram for the raw plant, on the illicit market, processed cannabis resin can fetch up to 2,500 dirhams per kilogram. (Depending on the quality of the resin, 8 to 10 kilograms of raw plant are needed for 1 kilogram of resin). 3/4

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There are 5,800 hectares of legally planted land, according to regulatory agency ANRAC, but that pales in comparison to the illegal cultivation over more than 27,100 hectares, Interior Ministry data shows. 2/4

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Tom Blickman @tomblickman.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

The legal #cannabis sector in Morocco (for industrial and medicinal cannabis) is inhibited by bureaucracy, the ban on recreational cannabis and the appeal of the illegal market. 1/4 www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...

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Cultivation associations in Germany have been authorised to grow #cannabis and distribute it to their members for a year now. The authorities have authorised 293 such associations. There are a particularly large number of such associations in NRW and Lower Saxony. www.zeit.de/politik/deut...

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Cannabis-Legalisierung: Fast 300 Cannabis-Klubs sind in Deutschland bereits genehmigt

Seit einem Jahr dürfen Cannabis-Klubs Marihuana anbauen und an ihre Mitglieder weitergeben. In NRW und Niedersachsen gibt es besonders viele solcher Vereine.

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Tom Blickman @tomblickman.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

The German #cannabis law is to be ‘evaluated’ in the autumn. If drug commissioner Hendrik Streeck has his way, it could be amended. An end to the cannabis law is conceivable. ‘I'm not ruling anything out,’ says Streeck. www.fr.de/panorama/ers...

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Cannabis-Gesetz auf der Kippe? „Ich schließe nichts aus“ – erster CDU-Plan sickert durch

Das Cannabis-Gesetz soll „evaluiert“ werden. Geht es nach dem Drogenbeauftragten, könnte es sich ändern. Dazu passt ein aktueller Gesetzesentwurf.

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International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) @idpc.net · 21/07/2025

Punitive drug policies haven’t worked. Around the world, alternatives are being trialled with success. Important conversation from the UN in Geneva. 🔴 WATCH THE RECORDING: idpc.net/events/2025/06/support-don…

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Tom Blickman @tomblickman.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

If 21 months of seeing the death of babies, women, children, journalists, doctors and other innocents was not enough, the ghetto plan should be turning on all the warning lights. Israel is behaving as if it is planning genocide and expulsion. www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...

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The Jewish state is building a ghetto | Opinion

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Tom Blickman @tomblickman.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

At the last CND in March 2025, Colombia led a resolution that creates an independent expert panel that will conduct a long-overdue review of the UN drug control ‘machinery’. Colombian ambassador Laura Gil explains the background. idpc.net/news/2025/07...

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'Changing the current drug policy regime has become a life cause for me' – An interview with Colombia’s ambassador-at-large for drug policy, Laura Gil

Colombia’s Ambassador Laura Gil reflects on challenging the global drug regime, breaking taboos, and building hope for a post-Prohibition future — one coalition at a time.

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Tom Blickman @tomblickman.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Legal #cannabis farmers in Morocco are unable to dispose of their crops because their products do not meet strict Western requirements for medicinal cannabis. The situation is dire; many farmers are considering going back into illegality, says TNI's Pien Metaal. platformcannabis.nl/redactionele...

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Veel inside info op Meet & Greet middag van coffeeshopbond PCN

Warm en wetenswaardig: zo zou je de PCN Meet & Greet middag van 25 juni samen kunnen vatten. Het kwik liep bij Bosvreugd op tot boven de dertig...

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Tom Blickman @tomblickman.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

In Thailand #cannabis dispensaries must transition into medical clinics if they are to continue to run legally, says the Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine that is working on a draft of the new ministerial initiative to regulate the plant. 1/2 www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/gen...

bangkokpost.com

Medical clinics to replace cannabis dispensaries

Cannabis dispensaries must transition into medical clinics if they are to continue to run legally, says the Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine.

Tom Blickman @tomblickman.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

In Switzerland #cannabis could soon be legalised. The Cann-L pilot trial in Lausanne is serving as a model. One million Swiss francs is now escaping from the local black market. Consumers prefer products with a lower THC content for their health. www.tdg.ch/legalisation...

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À Lausanne, policiers et experts s’allient autour du cannabis légalisé

Le cannabis pourrait bientôt être légalisé en Suisse. Un essai pilote à Lausanne sert de modèle pour répondre à la violence croissante liée à la drogue.

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Tom Blickman @tomblickman.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Health Minister Somsak and the government decided to turn a deaf ear to the calls for a more moderate approach to cannabis control law. Mr Somsak must pay heed to the advocates' demands, and stop politicising cannabis which is of no benefit to anyone. bangkokpost.com/opinion/opin....

bangkokpost.com

New weed stance misses the mark

The Public Health Ministry's regulation requiring a prescription to purchase cannabis buds for medical use has triggered an outcry.

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Tom Blickman @tomblickman.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Thailand's government is moving to recriminalise #cannabis, plunging into limbo an industry estimated to be worth over $1 billion that has boomed since the substance was taken off the country's narcotics list in 2022. www.reuters.com/markets/comm...

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Thailand moves to recriminalise cannabis, shaking $1 billion industry

Thailand's government is moving to recriminalise cannabis, plunging into limbo an industry estimated to be worth over $1 billion that has boomed since the substance was taken off the country's narcotics list in 2022.