INCB’s opaque Cannabis Initiative ended with controversial new reporting rules. But the global civil society call for basic transparency & accountability remains.
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Cannabis: A Century of Being Silenced — Voices for the Next Hundred Years
2025 marks 100 years of bans on Cannabis heritage. The next Century calls for Re-legalisation, Regulation, Respect, Remedy & Reparations
CND68: 68th Commission on Narcotic Drugs, March 2025
The Cannabis Embassy supported and coordinated a series of events during the 68th Commission on Narcotic Drugs of the United Nations (10–14 March 2025, UN Vienna), in the framework of the Centenary of Global Cannabis Prohibition.[df_adh_heading title_prefix="OFFICIAL...
INCB 2021 letter on Transparency & Accountability (republished)
Letter sent by 181 NGOs from 56 countries to the INCB on 2 December 2021, sent again on repeated occasions, without answer | Cannabis Embassy
Background on the 2025 Centenary of Cannabis Prohibition
The year 2025 marks the Centenary of Cannabis Prohibition globally. A global collective catharsis, looking back at 100 years of negative history –since the 1925 Geneva Opium Convention first brought “Indian hemp” under international drug control. Meanwhile, cannabis...
Cannabis Africana meeting in Bristol, UK
The Cannabis Africana: Drugs and Development in Africa project is an international collaboration between the Universities of Bristol and Cape Town and aims to develop a deeper understanding of cannabis in Africa, focusing not only on its ‘traditional’ uses, but on its...
CND67: 67th Commission on Narcotic Drugs, March 2024
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Cannabis Embassy Campus Vienna 2024
The Cannabis Embassy Campus Vienna is a popular education programme on drug policy advocacy & anti-prohibition literacy. 🌱✨ A dynamic and enlightening learning experience exploring the rich history and future of the United Nations drug control & global...
CESCR: Cannabis Embassy Contribution to the General Comment on Drug Policies
Contribution to the report drug policies by the UN’s Committee on economic, social and cultural rights (CESCR) | Cannabis Embassy