Hamid Ghodse

Hamid Ghodse

Hamid Ghodse (born 1938) has been President of the International Narcotics Control Board in 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005 and 2008 and a member of the board since 1992. [ [http://www.incb.org/incb/members_ghodse.html] ] He is Professor of Psychiatry and International Drug Policy at the St. George's Medical School, University of London, and the Director of the International Centre for Drug Policy at St George's, University of London [http://www.sgul.ac.uk/index.cfm?CE196219-F9F9-42C7-455B-99937EB8750DCAB35E63-88E4-4358-889C-043A012DF815] . During his tenure at the INCB, Ghodse has made many statements indicating his support for continued cannabis prohibition, unless and until World Health Organization research vindicates it as a legitimate medicine [ [http://www.incb.org/incb/press_release_2005-06-08_1.html] ] .

References

* [http://www.incb.org/incb/press_release_2005-06-08_1.html INCB: US Supreme Court Decision on Cannabis Upholds International Law] , International Narcotics Control Board, June 8, 2005.
* [http://www.unis.unvienna.org/unis/pressrels/2004/unisnar844.html International Narcotics Control Board Elects Professor Hamid Ghodse of Iran as President] , May 18, 2004.
* [http://www.incb.org/incb/members_ghodse.html INCB biography of Hamid Ghodse]


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