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Content"Legal status of cannabis worldwide This article is about cannabis as a psychoactive. For information about hemp, see Hemp . The legality of cannabis for medical and recreational use varies by country, in terms of its possession, distribution, and cultivation, and (in regards to medical) how it can be consumed and what medical conditions it can be used for. These policies in most countries are regulated by three United Nations treaties : the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs , the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances , and the 1988 Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Cannabis is only scheduled under the Single Convention and was reclassified in 2020 to a Schedule I-only drug (from being both Schedule I and IV drug previously, with the schedules from strictest to least being IV, I, II, and III). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] As a Schedule I drug under the treaty, countries can allow the medical use of cannabis but it is considered to be an addictive drug with a serious risk of abuse. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] and may be able to regulate non-medical cannabis industry under its Article 2 paragraph 9 . [ 7..."