Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs

UN adopted the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, where it was noted that the problem requires urgent and priority, and in 1984 in the "Declaration on the fight against drug trafficking and drug abuse" the entire conglomerate of problems, ranging from illicit manufacturing and trafficking to abuse, called "shameful and disgusting crime". And it can be called a kind of "ostrich policy” (The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961). There are four key groups of psychoactive drugs: stimulants, depressants

Due to these canges in state laws that now allow use of recreational and medical marijuana, businesses and employers face a daunting issue: How do they handle an applicant who requests reasonable accommodation under Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for medical marijuana? According to U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a reasonable accommodation is assistance or changes to a position or workplace that will enable an employee to do his or her job despite having a disability

About us Drug Policy Research Centre (hereafter referred to as DPRC), is a nonprofit public-interest advocacy group that represents the interests of Ugandans regarding the implementation of drug policy. Established in 2006, DPRC envisions a Uganda where drug laws and funding priorities are based on scientific evidence, human rights and tangible reductions in the harm caused both by drug use and drug laws, instead of the current government policy emphasizing criminal punishment. Introduction The ministry

global policy on drugs has one main concern, as maintained in the first clause of the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs: promoting the health and welfare of mankind (United Nations, 1961). The convention and global drug policy actors have asserted through the years that drugs pose a threat to this concern, and so an integrated effort to reduce supply, demand and trafficking of said narcotics is the desired course of action (High Level segment Commission on Narcotic Drugs, 2009). It seems

Advisory Panel on the Question of the Indochinese Introduction Drug production and trafficking is a widespread issue that has proven to be extremely difficult for individual governments. The black market for illegal drugs has become almost omnipresent in modern society as the production and distribution of drugs has evolved into one of the most profitable industries. United Nations (UN) reports from 2003 value the illegal drug market to be approximately $320 billion and growing. Governments

International is a domestic human rights organization based in Nigeria. It seeks to promote the basic tenets of the universal declaration of human rights (UDHR) through advocacy. Introduction The international drug control effort began fifty years ago with the aim of eradicating the abuse of certain drugs by controlling their supply. A complex international system of enforcement grew on this belief in supply control. Five decades on, the empirical data is available and overwhelming; the system has failed

Drugs or Don’t? Tied Liberty in the face of Drug Prohibition Laws “Prohibition goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man 's appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.” -Abraham Lincoln Prohibition is a word for containment; it is an act of limiting and holds a spirit of negation. It limits our independent and individualist choices. It is not

India’s Drug Policy: Amend or Perish GrassRoot: GrassRoot is an Indian Social Science Research Institution with the singular aim of rethinking India’s drug policy through interdisciplinary engagement. It encourages thematic research by according its faculty the privilege to pursue individual research by collaborating with scholars outside the Institution. The Institution revels as an authority that encourages reformative discourse in drug policy through increased engagement with multiple stakeholders

terrorist-type attacks against Peru’s anti-narcotics police. President Terry used to the word “narco-terrorism” to attempt to describe the narcotics trafficker’s use of violence and intimidation to influence the policies of the government. However, the word narco-terrorism has more than just one definition. According to the DEA, narco-terrorism is defined as, “participation of groups or associated individuals in taxing, providing security for, otherwise aiding or abetting drug trafficking endeavors in an effort

plant altogether. According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse, Cocaine is a powerfully addictive stimulant drug that produces short-term euphoria, energy, and talkativeness. In addition, its use can cause potentially dangerous physical effects like raising heart rate and blood pressure (“Drug Facts: Cocaine”). It goes on to say that in order to sustain their high, people who use cocaine often use the drug in a binge pattern—taking the drug repeatedly within a relatively short period of time, at