The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 is an international treaty that controls activities involving specific narcotic drugs and lays down a system of regulations for their medical and scientif
Article 44 of the Convention terminated a number of previous drug control treaties.
Governments of opium-producing Parties are required to "purchase and take physical possession of such crops as soon as possible" after harvest to prevent diversion into the illicit market.
The Single Convention was the first international treaty to establish a narrow system of drug control for cannabis.
Articles 23 and 28 of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs require cannabis-producing nations to have a government agency that controls cultivation.
The Controlled Substances Act is the statute establishing federal U.S. drug policy under which the manufacture, importation, possession, use, and distribution of certain substances is regulated. It wa
U.S. Food and Drug Administration agents inspect packages for illegal drug shipments at an international mail facility in New York.
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