UN Commission approves to remove marijuana from list of drugs considered...

In practice, the decision does not remove the need for countries to establish controls against the proliferation of the drug. The measure also does not have the power to change, by itself, the policies adopted by each nation on marijuana and its derivatives.

However, with the reclassification, marijuana no longer occupies a list of substances considered “particularly susceptible to abuse and harmful effects” e “unable to produce therapeutic advantages”.

On that list of the most dangerous drugs, marijuana was positioned alongside substances like heroin. Now, cannabis is positioned among other narcotics such as morphine, which the organization also recommends control but admits to having less harmful potential.

The decision follows a recommendation from WHO itself and was approved by 27 countries. Another 25 voted against, and a representation abstained. Delegations rejected other recommendations such as removing all lists of some components of cannabis.

Luisina Mezquita opens a package of marijuana purchased at a pharmacy in Motevideo, Uruguay, in July 2017 – Photo: AP Photo / Matilde Campodonico

The recreational use of marijuana is permitted in countries like Uruguay, Canada and Georgia, which recently passed laws that remove the penalty for those who use the substance or that completely legalize the use of the drug.

Legalization was also recently passed in parts of the United States, where there was a referendum on the same day as the presidential election.

Mexico, on the other hand, may be the next to release the use of the narcotic – the Senate approved the legalization of marijuana last month for both medicinal and recreational purposes.

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