Cannabis Current Affairs, GK & News
UN World Drug Report 2021
World Drug Report 2021 was released by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). As per the report, 275 million people used drugs across the world in 2020. Key findings of report As per the report, 36 million people suffered from drug use disorders. In last 24 years, cannabis potency had increased by four ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2021
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Cannabis • Drug Abuse • Drug Awareness • Drugs • UN World Drug Report • UN World Drug Report 2021 • United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
What are synthetic cannabinoids, that China banned recently?
The Chinese Government recently announced that it is to add the Synthetic Cannabinoids to the list of banned drugs in the country. This is being done to curb the trafficking and manufacturing of the drug. In simple term, the Synthetic Cannabinoid is an artificially produced Cannabinoid. Cannabinoid is a compound found on Cannabis plant. What ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: banned drugs • Cannabinoids • Cannabis • Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) • Drugs • Marijuana
UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs
The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, which comes under the UN Economic and Social Council, is the apex drug policy-making body within the UN. It has vital functions in the international drug control conventions. This commission’s 53 member states have recently voted to remove cannabis from the Schedule IV and move it to Schedule I. ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Cannabis • Narcotic Drugs • Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act • Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 • UN Commission on NArcotic Drugs
New classification of Cannabis by UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND)
The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs recently removed Cannabis from Schedule IV category of the 1961 Single convention on Narcotics (1). This was done to recognise the medicinal values of the plant. Though cannabis has been removed from Schedule IV, the non-medicinal Cannabis is still under Schedule I. About Cannabis plant Around 50 countries ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Cannabis • Cannabis Act • Effects of cannabis • Legality of cannabis • Medical cannabis • Narcotic Drugs • Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 • United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime • UNODC
Lebanon: First Arab Country to legalize Marijuana cultivation
On April 23, 2020, Lebanon became the first Arab country to legalize marijuana cultivation. This has been done by the Lebanese Parliament in order to boost the export of marijuana. Highlights The cannabis plant has been farmed illegally in Lebanon in the fertile Bekaa Valley. Today the country has legalized marijuana cultivation for industrial and ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Afghanistan. Pakistan • Cannabis • golden crescent • Golden Triangle • Heroin • Illegal cultivation • Iran • Mekong river • Myanmar • Thailand