International Drug Control
- International Drug Control
International Drug Control refers to efforts to stem the production, distribution and use of illegal drugs internationally.
Treaties
Treaties no longer in force
Five major treaties no longer in force are the: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.
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.
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.
References
* [http://www.unodc.un.or.th/convention/ UN International Drug Control Conventions] , United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Regional Center for East Asia and the Pacific.
External links
* [http://www.tni.org/drugsungass-docs/uncontrol.htm United Nations Drug Control] , website of the Transnational Institute (TNI)
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