Federación de Asociaciones Cannábicas (FAC)
Description: Drug Law Reform in Latin America, Transnational Institute, TNI
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In its Report for 2022, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), the “ independent, quasi-judicial expert body ” that monitors the implementation of the UN drug control conventions, focuses on the legalisation of cannabis. Each year, in the first chapter of its annual report, the Board addresses a specific issue it deems important for drug policy discussions and the functioning of the international drug control system. This year, cannabis legalisation is the focus . The Board’s blinkered view compl
Environmental impacts are rarely taken into account in the cannabis regulation debate. The assumption is that legal regulation would automatically reduce the negative environmental consequences of the unregulated illegal market, because authorities would compel the industry to comply with basic environmental standards. Practices in North America and the direction of the emerging regulation debate in Germany and other European countries, however, reveal a disturbing trend towards indoor cannabis cultivation.
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Federación de Asociaciones Cannábicas (FAC)