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Cannabis & Sustainable Development CANNABIS & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Paving the way for the next decade in Cannabis and hemp policy FAAAT EDITIONS Cannabis & Sustainable Development. Paving the way for the next decade in Cannabis and hemp policies. Recommendations for the implementation of Cannabis policies aligned with international Human Rights standards, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 2016 UNGASS outcome document. Authors: Kenzi Riboulet-Zemouli, Simon Anderfuhren-Biget Ph.D, Martin Díaz Velásquez and Michael Krawitz. Contributors: Olivier Bertrand M.D, Michal Brožka, Amy Case King, Swami Chaitanya, Genine Coleman, Chris Conrad, Julie P. Fry, Hanka Gabrielová, Kristen Garringer, Farid Ghehiouèche, Chris Halmo, Daniela Kreher, Marcin Krzyżkowiak, Hannes Lenhart and Kirstin Nevedal. Graphic design: Marilyn Reina, Victor Aragon © FAAAT think & do tank, Vienna. March 2019 | 3rd edition, augmented. 1st edition: Vienna, December 2018. ISBN 979-10-97087-34-0 | EAN 9791097087340 Some rights reserved. This work is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- ShareAlike 3.0 IGO licence (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO; creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/igo). Under the terms of this licence, you may copy, redistribute and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes, provided the work is appropriately cited, as indicated below. Suggested citation: Riboulet-Zemouli K, Anderfuhren-Biget S, Díaz Velásquez M and Krawitz M (2019), “Cannabis & Sustainable Development: Paving the way for the next decade in Cannabis and hemp policies.” FAAAT think & do tank, Vienna, March 2019. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Available at: https://faaat.net/ publications/9791097087340 The views expressed in this report are those of the authors, not necessarily those of other contributors, supporters of FAAAT. FAAAT think & do tank is a registered non-profit in Paris Prefecture (France), referenced by Official Gazette (148e année, Nº12, 19 mars 2016, Nº1540, page 93) with SIREN number 822213013. For more information please contact [email protected]. The printing of this 3rd edition is generously powered by Aurora Cannabis Inc.; CBDepot, s.r.o.; Ceres Limited; Deep Nature Project GmbH; Elixinol Europe; the European Industrial Hemp Association; Fields of Green for All; Hemp Industries Association; Hempoint; Hempro Int. GmbH & Co. KG; Hikurangi Cannabis Company; the Knowmad Institut; the Mendocino Appellations Project and Vote Hemp. Forewords. ........................................................................................................................................................................................1 Preamble. .......................................................................................................................................................................................3 Introduction. ....................................................................................................................................................................................5 Definitions. .......................................................................................................................................................................................6 Sustainable Development Goal 1. Ending poverty in all its forms everywhere. ............................................................................................................................8 Target 1.1 ............................................................................................................................................ 10 Target 1.2 ............................................................................................................................................ 10 Target 1.5 ............................................................................................................................................ 10 Target 1.4 ............................................................................................................................................ 13 Target 5.a ............................................................................................................................................ 13 Target 1.a ............................................................................................................................................ 15 Target 1.b ............................................................................................................................................ 15 Sustainable Development Goal 2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture. ...................... 18 Target 2.1 ............................................................................................................................................ 20 Target 2.2 ............................................................................................................................................ 20 Target 2.3 ............................................................................................................................................ 21 Target 2.4 ............................................................................................................................................ 21 Target 2.5 ............................................................................................................................................ 22 Target 15.6 .......................................................................................................................................... 22 Sustainable Development Goal 3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. ...................................................................................26 Target 3.3 ............................................................................................................................................ 28 Target 3.4 ............................................................................................................................................ 30 Target 3.5 ............................................................................................................................................ 30 Target 3.a ............................................................................................................................................ 30 Target 3.6 ............................................................................................................................................ 34 Target 3.d ............................................................................................................................................ 36 Sustainable Development Goal 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. ............37 Target 4.4 ............................................................................................................................................ 39 Target 4.7 ............................................................................................................................................ 39 Sustainable Development Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. .......................................................................................... 41 Target 5.1 ............................................................................................................................................ 43 Target 5.a ............................................................................................................................................ 43 Sustainable Development Goal 7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable and modern energy for all...................................................................................45 Target 7.1 ............................................................................................................................................ 47 Target 7.2 ............................................................................................................................................ 47 Target 7.3 ............................................................................................................................................ 47 Target 7.a ............................................................................................................................................ 47 Sustainable Development Goal 8. Decent works & economic growth. ........................................................................................................................................50 Target 8.2 ............................................................................................................................................ 52 Target 8.3 ............................................................................................................................................ 53 Target 8.5 ............................................................................................................................................ 53 Target 8.6 ............................................................................................................................................ 53 Target 9.2 ............................................................................................................................................ 53 Target 8.8 ............................................................................................................................................ 55 Target 16.2 .........................................................................................................................................
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