Here’s what you missed in cannabis this week:
- The World Health Organization officially recommended rescheduling cannabis, removing it from international drug control conventions.
- Baltimore, Maryland state’s attorney formally filed a petition in court designed to clear 3,778 marijuana possession convictions.
- Counterfeit vapor cartridges are saturating the market in non-legalized states.
- The Hawaii Senate Judiciary Committee debated a cannabis legalization bill, with a vote expected next week. The move is consistent with the body’s president promise that ending cannabis prohibition would be a top priority in 2019.
In the Philippines, the House of Representatives passed a bill to legalize and regulate medical marijuana.
