The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, is an international drug control treaty presented on the treaty pages of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. It aims to combat drug abuse by coordinated international action and works through two forms of intervention and control that operate together. The first seeks to limit the possession, use, trade in, distribution, import, export, manufacture and production of drugs exclusively to medical and scientific purposes. The second combats drug trafficking through international cooperation intended to deter and discourage drug traffickers. The convention carries schedules of controlled substances alongside its full text, and the UNODC treaty page links both the full text with schedules and the status of treaty adherence, which records which states have joined it.
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Era (category)20th Century (1900-1999) 2 Legal Status
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Source Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 (UNODC treaty page)
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1. United Nations Treaty Collection: Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, as amended by the 1972 Protocol, status of treaties (United Nations Treaty Collection)
United Nations Treaty CollectionChapter VI, treaty 18, entry into force and partiesQuote, Chapter VI, treaty 18, entry into force and parties
8 August 1975, in accordance with article 18 of the Protocol of 25 March 1972.
2. Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 (UNODC treaty page)
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Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961
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This Convention aims to combat drug abuse by coordinated international action.
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