The United Nations is expected to vote in December on World Health Organization recommendations to carve out hemp-derived CBD from the schedules of controlled substances in the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.
UN Vote On Cannabis Controls Could Be Crucial To CBD’s Future In EU
Legal experts say the EU already prohibits cosmetic use of CBD sourced from hemp flowers, and it now appears that food supplement use could be held to the same standard. The World Health Organization has recommended changes to the half-century-old international treaty governing narcotic controls, which could help to resolve the situation, but there are reports of UN pushback.
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