UN Rejects Proposal To Exempt CBD From International Narcotics Controls

03 Dec 2020

A WHO recommendation to explicitly exempt low-THC CBD from international narcotics controls has been emphatically rejected by UN member states. The CBD industry had hoped for a positive outcome to remove regulatory pressure on product manufacturers in Europe and around the world.

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The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) has rejected a World Health Organization recommendation that cannabis preparations considered to be pure cannabidiol (CBD) should not be scheduled within the international drug control conventions.

At the CND’s reconvened 63rd session, the majority of member states voted against the WHO proposal to add a footnote...