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Mauritania joins the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs

Mauritania acceded to the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 as amended by the 1972 Protocol on 24 October 1989. The convention lists cannabis and cannabis resin among its controlled drugs and obliges its parties to limit their production, trade, possession and use to medical and scientific purposes.[1]

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References

  1. United Nations Treaty Collection — Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, as amended by the 1972 Protocol: status of participantsarchived

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