Kenzi Riboulet-Zemouli
Photo credit: © WIPO, 2024.
- History of pharmacy — in Catalonia & Occitania — in the Mediterranean cultural basin
- History of ‘drugs’ — History of medicine — History of ‘cannabis’ (hemp)
- History of knowledges — History of science and technology
- Traditional Knowledge — Genetic Resources — Intellectual Property — Biopiracy
- International law (plants; medicines; drug control; intellectual property)
- Terminology — Time — Intertemporality in international law
1555 «la experiència del temps ha ara mostrat que les basses de canem y lli que·s fan […] causen e hajen causat moltes malalties en la gent, e infisio[nan] los cossos humans per la gran pudor e corrupció que de aquelles hixen» (ARV: Procesos Real Audiencia, Parte III, Apéndice, núm. 6342)
Upcoming, perhaps, if life allows: commentary and translation of Medica disputatio: An Cannabis, & aqua, in qua mollitur, possint aërem inficere (València 1555/6) —— smellscapes of Cannabis from retting to haschischins —— hemp (Indian or not) in pharmacy curricula, Barcelona University, 1835–1939 —— lexicographie: “Entre harmonisation pharmaceutique et normativité linguistique : tradaptations du chanvre (Cannabis L.) dans les pharmacopées européennes, 1739–1939″ after a communication at the Jornadas de Historia de la Traducción no Literaria in April 2026 —— the history of Geneva’s other Palais des Nations (la Salle F/salle orange) —— Cannabis inter Pharmacopoeias Europae: from the EUTC: European Union’s Traditional Cannabis medicines project —— who knows, one day, a narrative history of, yet again, the same plant, in the Iberian peninsula, for the populart-history project The Grand History of Cannabis.
Riboulet-Zemouli, K. (2025) “1925–2025: A Century of International Pharmaceutical Law” Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2025
Riboulet-Zemouli, K & Allué Creus, J (2024) “Hemp Extract (Extractum Cannabis) in the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Distress and Dyspepsia: Historical Insights from Barcelona” Pharmaceuticals, 17(12)
![[PDF] Amigos de la Hoja de Coca: history of a pioneering coca leaf fair-trade](https://i0.wp.com/kenzi.zemou.li/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AHC-MANUSCRIPT-FIGURE2.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Ghehiouèche, F. & Riboulet-Zemouli, K. (2024), “Amigos de la Hoja de Coca: history of a pioneering coca leaf fair-trade”, Drugs, Habits and Social Policy. DOI: 10.1108/DHS-10-2023-0040
Authorea Preprints. DOI: 10.22541/au.165237542.24089054/v1
![[PDF] WHO’s first scientific review of medicinal Cannabis: from global struggle to patient implications](https://i0.wp.com/kenzi.zemou.li/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/DHS-paper-cover-KRZ-MK-2022.png?fit=300%2C221&ssl=1)
Full PDF access for the article as published in Drugs, Habits and Social Policy, 2022; 23(1): 5-21. DOI: 10.1108/DHS-11-2021-006
![[Journal] WHO’s first scientific review of medicinal Cannabis: from global struggle to patient implications](https://i0.wp.com/kenzi.zemou.li/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Captura-de-Pantalla-2022-03-24-a-les-21.29.31.png?fit=300%2C203&ssl=1)
Access to Journal page for:Drugs, Habits and Social Policy, 2022; 23(1): 5-21. DOI: 10.1108/DHS-11-2021-006
Co-authored with Michael Krawitz and Farid Ghehiouèche
Coauteur: Farid Ghehiouèche.
Blog de Médiapart.
Briefing on the international scientific assessment of cannabis: Processes, stakeholders and history.
Other publications
![Cannabis: A Plant Without Borders. Cultural Diagnosis, One Hundred Years After Its Prohibition [UNESCO Contribution]](https://i0.wp.com/kenzi.zemou.li/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/mondiacult_tech_paper_cover-1.png?fit=300%2C210&ssl=1)
Coauthors: Lila Torre, Farid Ghehiouèche, Myrtle Clarke.
Cannabis: A Plant Without Borders. Cultural Diagnosis, One Hundred Years After Its Prohibition – Technical Paper, UNESCO mondiacult2025 world conference on cultural policies and sustainable development.
Riboulet-Zemouli K, Ghehiouèche F (2025) “Drogues, graines, traditions, et biopiraterie : le cas du cannabis africain sous le prisme du droit international” Politiques des Drogues, 8, 46-64
Coauteur: Farid Ghehiouèche.
Blog de Médiapart.
Autour de la méditerranée (de nos jours, surtout au sud) le lien entre femmes et chanvre (y compris psychoactif) a une longue histoire, trop souvent méconnue, qui perdure. À l’occasion de la Journée Internationale des Droits des Femmes, il est pertinent d’explorer ces inestimables interactions passées et présentes, anticipant certains des défis des femmes à la veille de l’inévitable légalisation.
Riboulet-Zemouli, K. (2025) “1925–2025: A Century of International Pharmaceutical Law” Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2025
Tarkowski P, Kopecký P, Riboulet-Zemouli K, Frébort I (2025) “Where are you heading to, Cannabis research?” Phytochemistry Reviews
Riboulet-Zemouli, K & Allué Creus, J (2024) “Hemp Extract (Extractum Cannabis) in the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Distress and Dyspepsia: Historical Insights from Barcelona” Pharmaceuticals, 17(12)
Ghehiouèche, F. & Riboulet-Zemouli, K. (2024), “Amigos de la Hoja de Coca: history of a pioneering coca leaf fair-trade”, Drugs, Habits and Social Policy. DOI: 10.1108/DHS-10-2023-0040
Cannabis Embassy’s Written Contribution to the Proceedings & Closing Statement, 2024 Diplomatic Conference on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge (GRATK)
Brief intro to the treaty on Genetic Resources & Associated Traditional Knowledge (GRATK) and its potential for ethical and fair plant policy
Cannabis for Medical Purposes: Non-discriminatory access E/CN.7/2024/NGO/2 (with MAPS & IACM Patients Council)
Rethinking Cannabis: Navigating Legal Reforms in the EU – Guest post on Krautinvest, by Benjamin-Alexandre Jeanroy & Kenzi Riboulet-Zemouli
Article 2(9): Single Convention’s Recreational Cannabis Law E/CN.7/2024/NGO/3 (with Fields of Green for ALL)
Shifting Perspectives on Novel & Traditional Drugs: Rethinking Drug Control E/CN.7/2024/NGO/8 (with ENCOD & Cannabis Embassy)
![Cannabis Social Clubs : le coopérativisme non-lucratif catalan en danger [Club Médiapart]](https://i0.wp.com/kenzi.zemou.li/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/manifBCN2024CSC2.jpeg?fit=300%2C149&ssl=1)
Alors que Barcelone continue sa croisade contre les Cannabis Social Clubs, nous revenons sur l’origine et l’éthique de ce modèle socio-économique innovant de réglementation du cannabis à visage humain, et son parcours sur le sol français entre 2012 et 2021.
![Légalisation du cannabis dans l’UE : Le rapport que l’Allemagne voudrait oublier [Club Médiapart]](https://i0.wp.com/kenzi.zemou.li/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mediapartcover-eubriefpost-1.png?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1)
Le débat sur la légalisation du cannabis récréatif s’intensifie dans l’UE. Un rapport de la présidence de l’Union européenne (période tchèque) rendu public en 2023 propose des solutions innovantes et harmonieuses conciliant légalisation et respect des obligations juridiques européennes et internationales.
Joint Contribution of the Cannabis Embassy to the Annotated outline of the Draft General Comment on the impacts of drug policies on economic, social and cultural rights of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
Summary of the EU Presidency’s Policy Brief “Treaty Compliance Options for Cannabis Regulations in the EU – Models of decriminalisation and legal regulation compliant with International Law and EU Acquis” (2023)
Position Paper on the negotiations of the GRATK Treaty, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge (with Cannabis Embassy)
Models of decriminalisation and legal regulation compliant with International Law and EU Acquis | Prague, 14 February 2023
United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD) | Collaboration to the writing
Answering the critiques of ‘High Compliance. September 2022 – Article originally published in Cannabis Law Journal, under the title “High Compliance .. UN Treaties ‘Reviewing The Reviewers'” in June 2022
![[PDF] Le cannabis médical, déconfiné et déclassifié : retour sur le récent changement de classification internationale](https://i0.wp.com/kenzi.zemou.li/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/psychotropes-28-1-couverture.png?fit=300%2C192&ssl=1)
Accès PDF pour l’article : Riboulet-Zemouli, Kenzi. Psychotropes, vol. 28, no. 1, 2022, pp. 71-104. DOI: 10.3917/psyt.281.0071
“Hace falta reapropiarse de la palabra “dronabinol” para normalizar el cannabis medicinal” | Soft Secrets España – Nº 1-2022 – 2 pp.
Answers to the critiques of High Compliance | Cannabis Law Journal
LasDrogas.info – Discusión de los hallazgos más interesantes del informe “High Compliance”
Authorea Preprints. DOI: 10.22541/au.165237542.24089054/v1
Newsweed
Augur Associates report | 2022
![INCB [Medical] Cannabis Control Initiative Questionnaire for Civil Society – Inputs and suggestions by FAAAT think & do tank](https://i0.wp.com/kenzi.zemou.li/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/INCBMAP.png?fit=300%2C176&ssl=1)
Answers to 2022 INCB questionnaire on reporting requirements for medical cannabis
Landing page for High Compliance, with access to Executive Summary and the video of the statement delivered at the 65th UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Paris and Washington, DC: FAAAT editions (2022) ISBN: 979-10-97087-23-4 (PDF); 979-10-97087-24-1 (paperback)
Full PDF access for the article as published in Drugs, Habits and Social Policy, 2022; 23(1): 5-21. DOI: 10.1108/DHS-11-2021-006
Access to Journal page for:Drugs, Habits and Social Policy, 2022; 23(1): 5-21. DOI: 10.1108/DHS-11-2021-006
“Hace falta reapropiarse de la palabra “dronabinol” para normalizar el cannabis medicinal” | Soft Secrets España – Nº 1-2022 – 2 pp.
Soft Secrets España – Nº 6-2021 – 2 pp.
Voluntary contribution to INCB on transparency and accountability
Soft Secrets España – Nº 5-2021 – 1 p.
“Dronabinol” is the international nonproprietary name (INN) for delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), whether plant-derived or synthetic. Learn why.
Soft Secrets France – Nº 5-2021 – 2 pp.
Co-authored with Michael Krawitz and Farid Ghehiouèche
Castellano | Blog RDRcannabis.cat
Soft Secrets España – Nº 3-2021 – 2 pp.
Aligning Cannabis and hemp policy with the 2030 sustainable development agenda | cannabis2030.org/en
Sladění politiky v oblasti konopí setého a technického konopí s Agendou pro udržitelný rozvoj 2030 | cannabis2030.org/cz
Authors: Myrtle Clarke, Kenzi Riboulet-Zemouli, Julian Stobbs, Suresh Patel, Marleen Theunissen, Michael Krawitz, Amy King, Warren Smith, William Wallace.
Soft Secrets España – Nº 2-2021 – 1 p.
Contribution à la Mission d’Information de l’Assemblée Nationale.
Co-authored with Michael Krawitz
Coauteur: Farid Ghehiouèche.
Blog de Médiapart.
Alinear las políticas del Cannabis y del cáñamo con la Agenda 2030 de desarrollo sostenible | cannabis2030.org/es
Prescrire, February 2021, 448, pp. 136-141. (Relecture et correction)
Contribution à la Mission d'Information de l'Assemblée Nationale.
Català | Blog RDRcannabis.cat
Castellano | Blog RDRcannabis.cat
ASUD Journal nº63, décembre 2020. Page 31, dans le dossier "International : ASUD à l’ONU, des nouvelles du front"
Drug Science Policy and Law 6:1–37. DOI: 10.1177/2050324520945797
Support patient access to medicine, vote yes! E/CN.7/2020/NGO/7 (with ENCOD and 184 NGOs from 49 countries)
2020 WHO scheduling vote: Towards science-based scheduling of cannabis sativa and other controlled herbal medicines E/CN.7/2020/NGO/8 (with MAPS and 52 NGOs of healthcare professionals)
Blog de la Fundación CANNA
Publicado en el marco del III congreso CANNABMED, Barcelona, España
Publicado en el marco del III congreso CANNABMED, Barcelona, España
Letter to the INCB regarding their future Guidelines on cannabis for medical and scientific purposes
Co-authored with Michael Krawitz
Translation: Gaby Kòzar. ISBN: 979-10-97087-78-4
Not peer-reviewed: Contribution to the works of the European Commission (2020) ISBN: 979-10-97087-77-7
Joint Open Letter to UN Human Rights: Ensuring continuity of treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic for patients using Cannabis and cannabinoid medicines
![[Fact sheet CND63 – Changes in the scope of control over cannabis] Clarifying the recommendation on CBD products](https://i0.wp.com/kenzi.zemou.li/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_9242-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C224&ssl=1)
![[Fact sheet CND63 – Changes in the scope of control over cannabis] Clarifying the evidence behind the recommendations.](https://i0.wp.com/kenzi.zemou.li/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/datafactsheet-cover.png?fit=300%2C211&ssl=1)
![[Fact sheet CND63 – Changes in the scope of control over cannabis] Traditional medicine, Cannabis & the 1961 Convention](https://i0.wp.com/kenzi.zemou.li/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/TMfactsheet-cover.png?fit=300%2C196&ssl=1)
Cannabis 2020: medidas para la década E/CN.7/2020/NGO/6 (con Grupo de Mujeres de la Argentina – Foro de VIH, Mujeres y Familia)
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.31659.18724
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.15697.28008
Memo for State Parties: Changes in the scope of international control of medical Cannabis and cannabinoids. 4th inter-sessional meeting, 62nd Commission on Narcotic Drugs, June 24th, 2019. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.26406.78409
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.29834.31682/1
Paving the way for the next decade in Cannabis and hemp policies.
(Collectif) Recommandation de la plateforme interassociative française sur les drogues.
Briefing on the international scientific assessment of cannabis: Processes, stakeholders and history.
Joint civil society contribution to the 40th meeting of the World Health Organization's Expert Committee on Drug Dependence
58 ans de violations générales et systématique des Droits Humains au nom du « contrôle des drogues ». Traduction de la Contribution au rapport du Haut Commissaire aux Droits Humains des Nations Unites, en application de la resolution CDH 37/42.
58 years of global & systematic Human Rights violations in the name of drug control. Re-edition of the Contribution to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights's report pursuant to resolution HRC 37/42.
Published in Leafly News, USA.
Misc., en l’année A.
In chargement..., the fifth French Republic will be as old (and thereafter, older) than the Third Republic of that same country.