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March 11, 2015  |  By ENCOD In 2015

Prague Resolution of the International Medical Cannabis Patient Coalition

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Declaration on the Rights and Needs of People Suffering with Conditions Treatable
with Medical Cannabis and Products Made of it

We, the representatives organizations of medical cannabis patients from 13
countries, who met at the “Medical Cannabis and Cannabinoids: Policy, Research
and Medical Practice” conference in Prague March 4-7, 2015 and established the
International Medical Cannabis Patient Coalition (IMCPC), put together a
Declaration addressing all countries and their representatives taking part at the
UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs 2016 (UNGASS 2016)
to adopt it
and incorporate it into the
Declaration of the UNGASS 2016:

We, the patients that use cannabis within their medical treatment, or
those of us, who would like to do so, but have no legal access to their
medical drug,

Reaffirming

Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaimed by the General
Assembly of the United Nations on 10 December 1948, its para 25, Article
1, in particular, that guarantees right for living in adequate health

the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental
Freedoms of 4 November 1950;

the European Social Charter of 18 October 1961;

the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of 16
December 1966;

the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic
Processing of Personal Data of 28 January 1981;

the Convention on the Rights of the Child of 20 November 1989;

the European Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine

the 2010 report of the UN Special Rapporteur Anand Grover “On the right
of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of
physical and mental health“

and, finally, the three governing principles of different UN Declarations in
charge, namely:

1.
States have the responsibility to guarantee their citizens the right to
adequate health. When for whatever reason they are unable to do
so, the international community must assume that responsibility.

2.
States have the responsibility to ensure that none of their citizens
are deprived of this right by state action.

3.
These rights are guaranteed to all citizens, regardless of race,

religion, gender, age, or social standing in the community, or other
status.

Recalling that

the ultimate and basic purpose of each and any international (UN) treaty is
to protect wellbeing;

the history of treatment of a wide array of medical disorders with cannabis
and its derivatives Is at least as long as 8 thousand years;

that there is not known lethal dose of cannabis of any type that would be
technically possible to consume by human;

the toxicity of cannabis in term of its acute and chronic effects is
extraordinary low and there is not known lethal dose of cannabis of any
type that would be technically possible to consume by human;

there is mounting scientific research bringing evidence of the effectiveness
of medical cannabis in treating various symptoms and syndromes of a wide
array of diseases, many of them debilitating and disabling;

there is increasing research suggesting that cannabis and cannabinoids
have a high potential not only to treat symptoms, but also to cure diseases
causally because of its effects at virtually all levels of biological
homeostasis;

modern medical research has shown that cannabis can slow the
progression of such serious diseases as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s and
stop HIV and cancer cells from spreading; has both anti-inflammatory and
pain-relieving properties; can alleviate the symptoms of epilepsy, PTSD
and multiple sclerosis; is useful in the treatment of depression, anxiety and
other mental disorders; and can help reverse neurological damage from
brain injuries and stroke;

the World Health Organization has acknowledged the therapeutic effects of
cannabinoids, the primary active compounds found in cannabis, including
as an antidepressant, appetite stimulant, anticonvulsant and
anti-spasmodic, and identified cannabinoids as beneficial in the treatment
of asthma, glaucoma, and nausea and vomiting related to illnesses such as
cancer and AIDS;

the US National Cancer Institute has concluded that cannabis has
antiemetic effects and is beneficial for appetite stimulation, pain relief, and
improved sleep among cancer patients;

the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia and the American Herbal Products
Association have developed qualitative standards for the use of cannabis
as a botanical medicine;

the experiments in cannabis legislations of several countries have shown
that increased availability of medical cannabis results in significant
reduction in opioid overdose deaths;

more than 20 years of countries and state-level experimentation provides
a guide for laws and policies related to the medical use of cannabis;

every patient has a right to freely choose her/his medical treatment.

States that

the current scheduling mentioned above is effectively blocking the research of cannabis and cannabinoids,
and

significantly limits the availability of the plant and its compounds
(phytocannabinoids) to those who would benefit of it in terms of
their medical condition and the quality of life;

prohibiting patients and physicians from access to medical cannabis based
on 60 year old uninformed decision has created dramatic unethical status,
and thus,

as such, the inclusion of cannabis and related substances in Schedules IV/I
of the 1961 UN Convention is outdated and undermines the very mission of
UN,

the inclusion of cannabis into Schedules IV and I of controlled substances
under UN Convention of Narcotic Drugs 1961 cannot be preserved
anymore using available scientific evidence (that may have been not
available in 1961, but is certainly available in 2015)

Recommends

that increased attention and resources are being given at the national and
international level to the treatment with medical cannabis and
cannabinoids, and its research in particular

Invites

all countries and states to secure stable, safe, economically available
access to medical cannabis and its derivatives to everyone who is
indicated medically for such treatment

Requires

that the UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs 2016 either

excludes the cannabis out of the 1961 UN Convention with no other
actions, or

prepares, debates and accepts a Special UN Convention on
Cannabis, that would be based on the scientific evidence, human
rights and the wellbeing of societies, and

as suggested by the World Health Organization, re-schedules
cannabis from Schedule IV/I into Schedule III, and in amendment
prepares special regulations for medical cannabis that would not
mimic those of medical opiates and opium

Prague, March 7
th
, 2015

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