Drug use patterns changed without a concomitant change in attitudes.

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(c) Drug and medication supplies setting up a network of pharmacies, drug and medication warehouses and outlets, encouraging import and trade in drugs and sanitation materials, etc.

IV. Control of supply of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances

12. To stem the flow of illicit drugs, reducing illicit drug demand is as important as reducing illicit drug supply and trafficking.

It is envisaged that activities to suppress drug trafficking will accordingly increase from 3.88 million to 6.0 million.

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quot 12. To stem the flow of illicit drugs, reducing illicit drug demand is as important as reducing illicit drug supply and trafficking.

(a) There shall be a balanced approach between demand reduction and supply reduction, each reinforcing the other, in an integrated approach to solving the drug problem

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They then recur, I give them that same drug every week.

Joint action to counter the problem of illegal drugs and related crimes

Compared with other drugs with the same indications, new drugs should be selected on the basis of their safety, effectiveness, and cost. But the financial interests involved tend to distort the process by creating incentives to overestimate the benefits of new drugs, underestimate the risks, and, above all, boost prescriptions.

30. The plan of action on drug abuse and trafficking in conflict and post conflict situations should be seen as part of the above context, feeding both into it and from it, insofar as drug control issues are concerned.

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.

Availability of opiates for medical needsSee paragraph 73 above.

And we're using a natural extract within the same dosage window as a pure pharmaceutical.

Programme 17 contains five subprogrammes policy development and coordination control of licit supply of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and precursors prevention and reduction of drug abuse elimination of illicit crops and suppression of illicit drug trafficking.

Note 8.

Subprogramme 2 Control of licit supply of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and precursors

Demand for and supply of opiates for medical and scientific needs

B. Licit production, manufacture and supply of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances

Emphasizing that the efforts made by developing countries to reduce illicit drug supply carry a proportionally higher price in political, economic and social terms,

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Recognizing that the abuse of a number of substances that are not controlled under the international drug control treaties and that may pose a public health threat comparable to the threat posed by the substances already controlled under those treaties has emerged in recent years in several regions of the world,

One of the principal responsibilities of the Programme is to coordinate and carry out technical cooperation projects to reduce the supply of, demand for and use of illicit drugs, and to strengthen national capacities for drug control and law enforcement.

Objective to develop international standards and expertise in drug testing and to promote collaboration in support of national, subregional and regional drug control activities to reduce illicit drug production, trafficking and abuse.

30. The lack of effective control over the pharmaceutical supply system and the existence of illegal street markets at which pharmaceuticals are sold facilitate the availability of psychotropic substances.

Demand for and supply of opiates for medical and scientific needsSee paragraph 76 below.

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While in both cases the steady increase in consumption was an issue of concern, there also appeared to be a close relationship between increased licit availability and actual abuse of the substances.

Both CICAD and UNDCP are in the process of implementing selected recommendations of that Plan of Action on the basis of respective comparative advantages.

13.2 More specifically, the mandates of the Programme are contained in

By 2008, there should also be significant reductions in the diversion of precursors and the illicit manufacture of, marketing of and trafficking in psychotropic substances, including synthetic drugs.

Summary Under the international drug control treaties, the Commission on Narcotic Drugs is responsible for deciding what substances should be brought under international control and what control measures should be applied.

Emphasizing that the need to balance the global licit supply of opiates against the legitimate demand for opiates for medical and scientific purposes is central to the international strategy and policy of drug abuse control,

We are a party to the Inter American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives and Other Related Materials.

The international drug control conventions require States to put in place the necessary legal and administrative structures to enable them to exercise effective controls over the licit supply of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and precursors.

UNDCP United Nations Drug Control Programme

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