Hello! Very interesting arricle but I am not convinced by the fact that Anslinger won the argument. I have read through the League of Nations and United Nations archives related to cannabis (1926-1961) and found that the US position failed to be the one followed in many instances. Ansliger even left the room and did not take prt in the end of the Single Convention’s negociations because he found that his ideas were not being properly reflected in the draft treaty. William McAllister documents this very convincingly in his thesis and his 2000 book “Drug Diplomacy in the 20th Century”. In recent decades, historiand have shown that Anslinger and the US’s role was way less important than that of countries such as Egypt, when trying to push global cannabis prohibitions. I have published last montj a report “High Compliance” which also re-analyses the text of the Convention and shows not only it is NOT a cannabis prohibition treaty, but it contains workeable exemptions giving governments full socereignty to regulate “other than medical and scientific uses” of cannabis. I would be happy to discuss anf share some reference with you eventually! All the best. Kenzi
Hello! Very interesting arricle but I am not convinced by the fact that Anslinger won the argument. I have read through the League of Nations and United Nations archives related to cannabis (1926-1961) and found that the US position failed to be the one followed in many instances. Ansliger even left the room and did not take prt in the end of the Single Convention’s negociations because he found that his ideas were not being properly reflected in the draft treaty. William McAllister documents this very convincingly in his thesis and his 2000 book “Drug Diplomacy in the 20th Century”. In recent decades, historiand have shown that Anslinger and the US’s role was way less important than that of countries such as Egypt, when trying to push global cannabis prohibitions. I have published last montj a report “High Compliance” which also re-analyses the text of the Convention and shows not only it is NOT a cannabis prohibition treaty, but it contains workeable exemptions giving governments full socereignty to regulate “other than medical and scientific uses” of cannabis. I would be happy to discuss anf share some reference with you eventually! All the best. Kenzi