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New Zealand joins the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs

New Zealand ratified the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 on 26 March 1963. 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: status of participantsarchived

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