Re:Legal marijuana sales forecast to hit $23B in 4 years
by citizensixteen on Monday March 21, 2016 @03:58AM
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>Why did the US government do that?
Prohibition has many causes. The international treaty / 'Single Convention' was the first international treaty to prohibit cannabis.
The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 is an international treaty to prohibit production and supply of specific (nominally narcotic) drugs and of drugs with similar effects except under licence for specific purposes, such as medical treatment and research. As noted below, its major effects included updating the Paris Convention of 13 July 1931 to include the vast number of synthetic opioids invented in the intervening thirty years and a mechanism for more easily including new ones.
Prohibition has many causes. The international treaty / 'Single Convention' was the first international treaty to prohibit cannabis.
The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 is an international treaty to prohibit production and supply of specific (nominally narcotic) drugs and of drugs with similar effects except under licence for specific purposes, such as medical treatment and research. As noted below, its major effects included updating the Paris Convention of 13 July 1931 to include the vast number of synthetic opioids invented in the intervening thirty years and a mechanism for more easily including new ones.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Convention_on_Narcotic_...