Abstract

LOPEZ-RESTREPO, ANDRÉS. Cannabis Control: From National Policies to the Global Regime. Desafíos [online]. 2021, vol.33, n.1, pp.255-283.  Epub Dec 14, 2021. ISSN 0124-4035.  https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/desafios/a.8855.

The international drug control regime appeared in the early 20 th century with the purpose of dealing with opium and its derivatives. In the following years, it included some drugs, such as cocaine, and excluded others, such as alcohol. Cannabis had been banned before the creation of the international regime in various countries of the Muslim world, sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, none of which was decisive in the international community. Cannabis was included in the regime in 1925 at the initiative of Egypt, South Africa and India and its definitive prohibition only took place in 1961.

Keywords : Drug policy; drug consumption; cannabis; marijuana; history.

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