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Health Care & Hospital Law

Dec. 11, 2014

Pot's future, internationally speaking

California's anticipated recreational marijuana ballot initiative in 2016 will have global effects far beyond state borders. By Steven K. Lubell


By Steven K. Lubell


California's anticipated recreational marijuana ballot initiative in 2016 will have global effects far beyond state borders.


The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 is an international treaty which aims to prohibit the production and supply of narcotic drugs, including marijuana, except for medical treatment and research. Congress enacted the Controlled Substances Act as the federal implementing legislation for the conven...

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