Bulletin on Narcotics: A Century of International Drug Control

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

United Nations Staff, Corporate Author.

Series:

Bulletin on Narcotics Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug control.

International cooperation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (181 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] United Nations Publications 2010

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This publication by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime provides a comprehensive historical review of international drug control over the past century. It examines the origins and development of global mechanisms to combat illicit drug use, beginning with the Chinese opium epidemic. The book outlines the evolution of legal frameworks and international conventions, such as the Hague Convention of 1912 and the Single Convention of 1961, highlighting their role in shaping modern drug control policies. Aimed at policymakers, practitioners, and experts, this work offers valuable insights into the successes and challenges of international drug policy, emphasizing the need for continued cooperation to address the global drug problem. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Preface

Table of contents

A century of International drug control

I. The drug situation prior to the establishment of an International drug control system

Cannabis

Coca/cocaine

Opium/heroin

II. The emergence of an International drug control consensus

III. Development of the legal framework and codification of the International control system

International Opium Commission, Shanghai, 1909

The Hague Convention, 1912

Drug control under the League of Nations, 1920-1945

IV. International drug control under the auspices of the United Nations

The 1953 Opium Protocol

The 1961 Single Convention

The 1972 Protocol amending the Single Convention

The 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances

The 1981 International Drug Abuse Control Strategy

The 1987 declaration of the International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking and Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Outline of Future Activities in Drug Abuse Control

The 1988 United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances

Special session of the General Assembly devoted to countering the world drug problem together, June 1998

V. Drug trends over a century of drug control

Amphetamine-type stimulants

Opiates

VI. Achievements and unintended consequences of the International drug control system

Changes in drug use over the last century

Changes in the drug problem over the last decade Generated by AI.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

9789210555777

9210555775