Hamid Ghodse

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Hamid Ghodse has been President of the International Narcotics Control Board since 2004. 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 the United Nations, in Vienna. 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[1].

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• INCB: US Supreme Court Decision on Cannabis Upholds International Law, International Narcotics Control Board, June 8, 2005.
• International Narcotics Control Board Elects Professor Hamid Ghodse of Iran as President, May 18, 2004.