UN to take high ground on Thailand’s decision to delist cannabis

The United Nations is likely to take the high ground following Thailand’s controversial decision to delist cannabis, says an adviser to the UN’s International Narcotics Control Board.

Thai-born Viroj Sumyai, who served as president of the UN’s INCB from 2017 to 2018, says Thailand will have to answer to the UN, and added that if it decides the bill violates the 1961 Convention on narcotic drugs, the government will be required to take corrective steps.

“If those steps aren’t implemented, the INCB will ask for a resolution from the general assembly. If it is found the country’s growing areas will lead to an illicit drug trade, it will make an announcement before the Economic and Social Council. And the rest of the world will learn from an annual report that we violate the treaty.”

Viroj says the next step will involve the enforcement of regulations on medicines that…