International Drug Control
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International Drug Control refers to efforts to stem the production, distribution and use of illegal drugs internationally.
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[edit] Treaties
[edit] Treaties no longer in force
Five major treaties no longer in force are the:
- International Opium Convention, signed at The Hague on 23 January 1912;
- Agreement concerning the Manufacture of, Internal Trade in and Use of Prepared Opium, signed at Geneva on 11 February 1925;
- International Opium Convention, signed at Geneva on 19 February 1925;
- Convention for Limiting the Manufacture and Regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs, signed at Geneva on 13 July 1931; and
- Agreement for the Control of Opium Smoking in the Far East, signed at Bangkok on 27 November 1931.
[edit] Treaties currently in force
The three major anti-drug treaties currently in force are the:
- 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.
- 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances.
- 1988 United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances.
[edit] Drug control organizations
The major international drug control organizations are the:
- Commission on Narcotic Drugs.
- International Narcotics Control Board.
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
[edit] References
- UN International Drug Control Conventions, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Regional Center for East Asia and the Pacific.
[edit] External links
- United Nations Drug Control, website of the Transnational Institute (TNI)
