%L discovery1349606
%A S Chattopadhyay
%O Thesis digitised by British Library EThOS
%I University of London
%D 1977
%X The need for suppressing the illicit traffic in drags
can hardly be over-emphasised. Yet, the licit uses of drugs,
especially for medical and scientific need, cannot be suppressed.
Apparently, it is a question of determining the world requirements
of drugs for such legitimate uses, and of producing and manufacturing
them accordingly.
Owing to their multifarious medical uses in various parts
of the world, it proves to be almost impossible to determine
exactly the amount of drugs required for legitimate purposes.
There is also the complicating factor that drugs are used for
sociological and religious reasons, which have a long history.
Not only are the licit uses and legitimate amounts of dro4a
difficult to determine but also such difficulties give rise to
illicit traffic in them. Yet, it is believed that a concerted
international policy coupled with national co-operation, on
various facets of the related problem, namely, limitation of
production and/or manufacture of drugs, restriction on cultivation
of plants that may contribute to addiction-producing substances,
training and rehabilitation of drug addicts, and efficient
national administration, would help eradicate drug-abuse.
In search of an appropriate remedy, this thesis has been
devoted to a practical study of the problem and to exploring in this
area of international law the relationship between the political and
economic interests and the international economic order. It has four Parts: Part I deals with the social and cultural aspects of drug-use
and also details the historical origins of opium, which has a long
association with drug-abuse. This Part also deals with the nature of
international action for the suppression of drug-abuse until the
establishment of the League of Nations. In Part II an account is
given of the League machinery employed for this purpose on the basis
of the agreements and conventions concluded during this period.
Part III is devoted to an evaluation of the U. N. machinery, which is
now based on the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 and the
Protocol of 1972, amending this Convention. Part IV assesses the
contributions of some of the inter-governmental and international
non-governmental organisations concerned with the suppression of
illicit trade and traffic in drugs, finally, an attempt has been
made to examine the present state of legal order in this area of
international law.
%T Legal aspects of international drug control.