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The Single Convention on Narcotics [0] (heavily influenced by US's policies) and the later Convention on Psychotropic Substances [1] extended the same bullshit to all signatories, so no, no other countries could research either.

I'd advise learning some history before berating me with bullshit.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Convention_on_Narcotic_...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_Psychotropic_Sub...

Edit: the repercussions of these conventions extend to this day even when countries attempt to legalise just cannabis, like Germany's case when moving forward with their legalisation which infringes on EU law against illicit drug trafficking [2], procedure 2001/0114/CNS is a direct side-effect of the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances [3] started... By US's policies against drugs in the 60s-70s. It's a direct link creating issues to this day by puritan American values.

Decades of potential research worldwide blocked because a politician in the US needed to get a weapon against minorities, fun, huh?

[2] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/ALL/?uri=celex%3A...

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_Agai...




Counterpoint: the Netherlands.


The Netherlands has not legalised anything, cannabis is tolerated but under its laws it's illegal.




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