U.S. states' pot legalization not in line with international law: U.N. agency

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Alternate Headline: U.S. mellows on pot, U.N. buzzes with dissent

U.S. states' pot legalization not in line with international law: U.N. agency

VIENNA Wed Nov 12, 2014 10:21am EST

(Reuters) - Moves by some U.S. states to legalize marijuana are not in line with international drugs conventions, the U.N. anti-narcotics chief said on Wednesday, adding he would discuss the issue in Washington next week.

Residents of Oregon, Alaska, and the U.S. capital voted this month to allow the use of marijuana, boosting the legalization movement as cannabis usage is increasingly recognized by the American mainstream.

"I don't see how (the new laws) can be compatible with existing conventions," Yury Fedotov, executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), told reporters.

Asked whether there was anything the UNODC could do about it, Fedotov said he would raise the problem next week with the U.S. State Department and other U.N. agencies.

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[shenmue]

1. Dang Russians

Do these people have any fun at all? Is it down to just vodka?

[99th_Monkey]

2. Somebody needs to chill the fuck out

Good grief UN.

If these UN sticks in the mud cannot see the handwriting on the wall yet,
they need to get a life.