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1925 – 2025: The 100 Years War on Cannabis – How Big Industry Demonized Marijuana

Summary by newsbudz.com
The world's first international treaty to control cannabis and hemp was signed on February 19, 1925, at the Geneva Opium Convention. Following World War I and the rise of the League of Nations, the 1906 Brussels Pharmacopoeia Treaty was amended in 1925 to add "Indian Hemp" to its list, thereby restricting access to cannabis herb, extract, and tinctures in an effort to control the production and distribution of "addictive substances." This marked…
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newsbudz.com broke the news in on Wednesday, July 23, 2025.
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