Dr Jerrol Thompson an infectious disease specialist
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CEO of the Medicinal Cannabis Authority
Cannabis and cannabis-related substances have for over 60 years been placed in the most stringent schedules of three International drug Treaties. Under the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs as amended by the 1972 Protocol, Cannabis was placed in both Schedule I and a special Schedule IV (drugs considered to have absolutely no medicinal value). In a second 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances (a synthetic cannabis compound, dronabinol was placed.
A third Convention in 1990 restricting trade and criminalizing personal possession was signed by SVG in 1994. The UN Agency, Commission on Narcotic Drug (CND) governs these conventions and is mandated to meet once a year to decide on the scope of regulatory rules & control by placing substances in Schedule-1 (most stringent), Schedule-II or Schedule-III, the least.