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Cannabis & The Drug Treaties: The Elephant in the Room at UNGASS

Cannabis Science and Policy Summit 2016 The UN General Assembly will convene a Special Session (UNGASS) on the “World Drug Problem” in New York from April 19th to 21st. The UNGASS comes as several jurisdictions, including U.S. states, are moving to legalize cannabis for purposes other than exclusively “medical and scientific”—contrary to the UN drug treaties. Will the UNGASS explore how to deal with the growing gap between the ban on cannabis required by the treaties and what some countries are actually doing? What do the UN drug treaties say about cannabis? Are the treaties flexible enough to allow legal production, distribution, sale and possession of cannabis? Will a candid discussion of the treaty tensions around cannabis legalization take place at the UNGASS? How can countries that choose to legalize cannabis make sure that their new laws and policies are aligned with their international treaty obligations? Moderator: John Walsh, Senior Associate, WOLA Speakers: Kathy-Ann Brown, Deputy Solicitor General, Director, Attorney General’s Chambers, Jamaica James Cockayne, Head of Office at the UN, United Nations University Martin Jelsma, Director, Drugs & Democracy Program – Transnational Institute Lisa Sanchez, Drug Policy Director, Mexico United Against Crime Jeff Zinsmeister, Executive Vice President, Smart Approaches to Marijuana