WHO, Cannabis And The 33

Nearly six decades after cannabis was added to the strictest category of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) on Wednesday accepted a World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation to remove cannabis and cannabis resin from Schedule IV.

Cannabis — the flowering or fruiting tops of the cannabis plant

Cannabis resin — the separated resin, crude or purified, obtained from the cannabis plant

Six WHO recommendations, first provided to the CND in January, 2019.