Cannabis was the only drug put in the least dangerous category. ... In the most dangerous category, they included heroin and other opiates, and cocaine. ... As the WHO's first report on cannabis for 15 years, the document had been eagerly awaited by doctors and specialists in drug abuse. ... It is understood that advisers from the US National Institute on Drug Abuse and the UN International Drug Control Programme warned the WHO that it would play into the hands of groups campaigning to legalise marijuana. ... Chronic abuse of marijuana also is associated with impaired attention and memor...

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