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WHO officially launches procedures for critical review of coca leaf

WHO officially launches procedures for critical review of coca leaf

VPEP / Geneva - Switzerland - The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom, announced to the Vice-President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Jilata David Choquehuanca, that the organisation has initiated official procedures to carry out a critical review of the current classification of the coca leaf in Schedule 1 of the 1961 Convention on Narcotic Drugs. The meeting took place in Geneva, Switzerland on Thursday. (IDPC, UK, 01.12.2023)

https://idpc.net/news/2023/12/who-officially-launches-procedures-for-critical-review-of-coca-leaf