
Our partners at the International Drug Policy Consortium released the linked press release with the following statement Dec. 2,2025:
"The International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) expresses deep dismay at the World Health Organization’s Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) recommendation to keep the coca leaf in Schedule I of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. The WHO will officially present this recommendation to the UN’s drug-policy making forum, the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, in Vienna on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th December."
Full press release here.