Cannabis rescheduling

Cannabis rescheduling, or cannabis reclassification, refers to efforts to transfer cannabis to a different category of controlled substances or remove it from control altogether. Internationally, the drug is in Schedule IV of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, that treaty's most restrictive category. In the United States, it is in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, a category which allows no medical use. It is in Class C of the United Kingdom's Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, a category which does not allow arrest for possessionhttp://www.idmu.co.uk/homeoffpr.htm. It was downgraded to this category from Class B in the January 2004.

Related Topics:
Cannabis - Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs - Controlled Substances Act - Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 - 2004

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