The vote has taken place within the Commission on Narcotic Drugs of this organisation and, through the simple majority, they have decided to remove cannabis from list IV of the 1961 Convention on Drugs and officially recognise its medicinal use.

The measure has been put forward with 27 votes in favour, most of the Member States of the European Union, with the exception of Orbanen Hungary, of the extreme right. On the contrary, most countries in Asia and Africa have voted against.

Countries such as Canada, Colombia, the United States, Mexico and Uruguay, which already have other regulations, have opted to take cannabis out of the drug list and to accept its advantages as a drug, among other things.

However, the international organisation has ensured that cannabis used in leisure time will continue to be treated as hitherto by the international body.