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The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 (Single Convention, 1961 Convention, or C61) is an international treaty that controls activities (cultivation, production, supply, trade, transport) involving specific narcotic drugs and lays down a system of regulations (licenses, measures for treatment, research, etc.) for their medical and scientific uses, concluded under the auspices of the ...
The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 was adopted in 1961, entered into force on December 13, 1964, [13] and, as amended by the 1972 Protocol; [14] has been joined by 186 countries as of 2022.
The Single Convention is the main international treaty related to Cannabis sativa L. and its products.In its Article 1, the Single Convention defines "cannabis" as the "flowering or fruiting tops of the cannabis plant (excluding the seeds and leaves when not accompanied by the tops) from which the resin has not been extracted, by whatever name they may be designated;" while "cannabis resin" is ...
A construction worker in Texas, initially accused of being on drugs before he died, actually died of heatstroke while working in the sun in June 2022, according to a lawsuit filed last month.
Under the United Nations' Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, cannabis and cannabis resin were traditionally classified under Schedule IV (treaty's most strictly controlled category of drugs [31] [32]) since 1961. However, in 2020, world nations voted to lower the scheduling status of marijuana to the less-restrictive Schedule I.
The functions of both bodies were merged into the current INCB with the adoption of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs in 1961, and those bodies were superseded when the INCB began its functions on March 2, 1968. [6] Initially, the composition of the INCB under the Single Convention was strongly influenced by the 1946 Protocol.
Charles Henry Ludovic Sharman (pictured 1938) was the CND's first chair. Under the League of Nations, the predecessor of the CND was the Advisory Committee on the Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs, established by the first Assembly of the League of Nations on 15 December 1920, [2] which met from 1921 to 1940.
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