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AU: Move to legalise cannabis in Australia could violate international law

A move by the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government to legalise cannabis in Canberra has drawn a sharp response from the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) which says such a move could contravene international law.

The UN narcotics agency has written to the federal government asking for clarification over the ACT's cannabis laws, citing concerns they breached at least three international conventions on illicit drug control to which Australia was a signatory.

According to The Australian on Monday, the INCB letter suggested that the ACT government's laws, which were passed last month, appeared in legal breach of the 1961 convention on narcotics drugs.

Read the full article at xinhuanet.com

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