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Convention On Psychotropic Substances: Encyclopedia Ii - Convention On Psychotropic Substances - History
International drug control began with the 1912 International Opium Convention, a treaty which adopted import and export restrictions on t...
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Convention On Psychotropic Substances: Encyclopedia - Convention On Psychotropic Substances
The Convention on Psychotropic Substances is a United Nations treaty designed to control psychoactive drugs such as amphetamines, barbit...
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Convention On Psychotropic Substances: Encyclopedia Ii - Convention On Psychotropic Substances - Penal Provisions
Article 22 provides:
Subject to its constitutional limitations, each Party shall treat as a punishable offence, when committed intention...
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Convention On Psychotropic Substances: Encyclopedia Ii - Convention On Psychotropic Substances - Recent Trends
Convention on Psychotropic Substances - Rise in stimulant trafficking.
Control of stimulants has become a major challenge for the UN. I...
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Convention On Psychotropic Substances: Encyclopedia Ii - Convention On Psychotropic Substances - Precursors
A 1971 Bulletin on Narcotics notes[26]:
Article 2, in paragraph 4 of the original text, carried over the concept in Article 3 (3) (iii) ...
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Convention On Psychotropic Substances: Encyclopedia Ii - Convention On Psychotropic Substances - Treatment And Prevention
Article 22 allows Parties, in implementing the Convention's penal provisions, to make exceptions for drug abusers by substituting "treatm...
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Convention On Psychotropic Substances: Encyclopedia Ii - Convention On Psychotropic Substances - Organic Plants
The Commentary on the Convention on Psychotropic Substances notes that while many plant-derived chemicals are controlled by the treaty, t...
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Convention On Psychotropic Substances: Encyclopedia Ii - Convention On Psychotropic Substances - Schedules Of Controlled Substances
The Convention has four Schedules of controlled substances, ranging from Schedule I (most restrictive) to Schedule IV (least restrictive)...
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Convention On Psychotropic Substances: Encyclopedia Ii - Convention On Psychotropic Substances - Scheduling Process
Article 2 sets out a process for adding additional drugs to the Schedules. First, the World Health Organization (WHO) must find that the ...
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Convention On Psychotropic Substances: Encyclopedia Ii - Convention On Psychotropic Substances - World Health Organization Evaluations Of Specific Drugs
Convention on Psychotropic Substances - Ephedrine.
In 1998, ephedrine was recommended for control under the Convention. The Dietary Sup...
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Convention On Psychotropic Substances: Encyclopedia Ii - Convention On Psychotropic Substances - Medical And Other Drug Uses
Like the Single Convention, the Convention on Psychotropic Substances recognizes scientific and medical use of psychoactive drugs, while ...
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