Convention on Psychotropic Substances

reflection of the international system of drug control and the international treaties of which Australia is a signatory. There are three treaties; 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1971 United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances, and 1988 United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances. The mounting popularity of cannabis use has escorted to propositions for the decriminalisation of the personal use of the drug. Adversaries of…

its criminal network is across borders, which can make connection between organizations more elaborate and flexible, even bigger. To prevent TOC, UN has suggested some resolutions such as ‘United Nations Convention against Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances’ and ‘UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime.’ These were made against the money laundering which takes the financial basis of organized crime. Italy is…

While the War on Drugs has helped reduce illicit drug use to some degree, our government should surrender in the War on Drugs as the progress has been brutally insignificant, the consequences have heavily outweighed the benefits, and theres are many other solutions that are considerably more effective and far less abrasive to communities. Our government should surrender in the War on Drugs as the progress has been brutally insignificant As the progress of the War on Drugs Quote #1: "Nowadays…

But at the end of the 1990s the Colombian government implemented stronger policies to control the drug flow. This reduced the ability of the Colombian cartels to oversee and secure the international narcotic routes. After the Colombian participation diminished new gangs and ringleaders appeared, mostly from Mexico. Many of the previous Transportistas were arrested and the gang network was completely remodeled. New activities appeared which were also followed by violence and even more…

it became illegal under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1927 (Field & Casswell, 2000) and remained this way. New Zealand being a signatory to the United Nations 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances, and the 1988 convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, is obliged to assist with international efforts to control cultivation, production and distribution of cannabis (Krajewski, K., 1999), Of the three forms of…

provisions for conviction of persons of an offence under these act in which the court may make an addition to any other ruling which include forfeiture of vessels, vehicles, tools used in commission of the offence. - The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances whereby section 7 provides for forfeiture of land used for cultivation of prohibited land. Under section 19 provides for forfeiture of narcotic drugs found in possession of a person who has no legal authority, or is in excess of the…

The Iraqi war consequences on children since 2003 A 'child' as a person below the age of 18, unless the laws of a particular country set the legal age for adulthood younger, the Committee on the Rights of the Child, the monitoring body for the Convention, has encouraged States to review the age of majority if it is set below 18 and to increase the level of protection for all children under 18. The child is a fortune for the country, the life of the children is various in the world. In fact,…

treatment of obesity and hyperactivity disorders. In the 1960s, for treating heroin addicts, doctors in San Francisco prescribed methamphetamine, however people abused it. In the 1970s, amphetamine-based drugs were classified under the Controlled Substance Act of 1970 in the USA and necessitated the doctor prescription. In the 1980s,…

DISCUSSION: Setting the implementation of the death penalty on the perpetrators of narcotics crimes. The debate about the death penalty divided into two main thought: First are who want to defend still the applicable terms and the second is who want the whole deletion. The death penalty is one form of punishment that has been known for a long time with various cultures that are considered as the most severe form of punishment. The death penalty inflicted as the effort to maintain and enforce the…