Dean Rocco (Partner-Los Angeles) and Tiffany Gruenberg (Associate-Los Angeles) collaborated on "The UN Is Moving Toward Ending Decades of International Cannabis Prohibition," an article published on March 25, 2019, in Green Entrepreneur. To consolidate existing treaties and debates concerning the control of so-called dangerous drugs, the UN convened and adopted the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs in 1961. With that introduction, Dean and Tiffany provide a thorough history of how drugs have been perceived and dealt with on an international basis. "As anyone watching the North American cannabis markets in the last decade knows, legalization has outpaced expectations," they conclude, "and if the trend continues ...UN member countries may get to a vote on rescheduling or de-scheduling cannabis from international treaties. As this occurs, the United States must continue to question whether it should maintain its prohibitionist approach or change course to participate more fully in the burgeoning international cannabis industry."
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