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A century of international drug control
- Author: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
- Main Title: World Drug Report 2008 , pp 171-222
- Publication Date: June 2008
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18356/0c4846f3-en
- Language: English French, Spanish
This chapter looks back at 100 years of drug control. It opens with a brief history of the opium trade, and illustrates how national governments were able to move beyond their individual commercial interests to embrace a system of international norms created for the common good. It then looks at the efforts made over a century to codify a global approach to controlling addictive substances and the complex negotiations that resulted in the present body of international law. It closes with a brief assessment of the progress made and the challenges that lie ahead.
© United Nations
ISBN (PDF):
9789211561531
Book DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18356/7790665d-en
Related Subject(s):
Drugs Crime and Terrorism
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