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Interesting article about the political shenanigans surrounding the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, going on in Vienna at the moment:

http://politics.co.uk/blogs/2016/03/15/the-un-fades-into-irr...




That commission isn't just advisory like many (most?) UN bodies. It holds full power to schedule and deschedule controlled substances under the major drug treaties, and member nations (which include practically every country) are obligated to conform national law to the treaty schedules.

We'll see just how strong those treaties are. When the US led the drug war this was how we forced the rest of the world along. Can Russia, China, etc. do the same?




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