A. Prevalence of drug abuse by drug type 2 17 4

of drug abuse by drug type

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

against the illicit production, sale, demand, traffic and

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

South Asia also has significant illicit production of drugs and psychotropic substances, such as opium, heroin (primarily leakage from the licit opium production) and methaqualone produced in India.

Table. Estimates of prevalence of drug abuse, by drug type and by country or territory, INTRODUCTION

During the past decade, illicit drug production and trafficking of plant based and other drugs have spread to new geographical areas.

The National Health and Family Planning Commission, the government agency responsible for enforcing the one child policy, reports an even higher figure more than 13 million surgical abortions each year a figure that does not include abortions induced by drugs or carried out in unregistered private clinics.

Previously, a drug produced by Huahai Pharmaceutical was recalled due to containing suspected carcinogens.

The United States accounts for about 75 per cent of the world market in recombinant products, the majority of which are biopharmaceuticals, and generates 31 per cent of the value of world drug production, a share that is growing.

e) Cooperation on Drug and Psychotropic Substance Abuses and their Illegal Production, Processing and Trafficking

(v) Promoting access to low cost and effective drugs and related pharmaceutical products

(c) Illicit cultivation and production of opiates

Furthermore, it can be assumed that high prevalence rates for a certain drug of abuse indicate that the particular drug is actually more prevalent than drugs with reported lower prevalence rates.

INCB is entrusted with monitoring the illicit movement of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances with a view to limiting to medical and scientific purposes the trade in and the production, manufacture, export, import, distribution, use and possession of those substances.

It concluded an agreement with the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction to enhance cooperation in epidemiological research and the exchange of information on demand reduction.

Despite the emerging worldwide phenomenon of synthetic drugs, which are inexpensive and can be produced virtually anywhere at high profit margins, the international illicit markets for plant based drugs such as cocaine, heroin and cannabis remain strong.

quot Baku Accord on Regional Cooperation against Illicit Cultivation, Production,

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

41. CICAD and UNDCP routinely exchange information on their operational activities in the field.

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGAINST THE ILLICIT PRODUCTION, SALE, DEMAND, TRAFFIC AND DISTRIBUTION OF NARCOTICS AND PSYCHOTROPIC

Heroin, opium and cannabis and pharmaceutical products (with psychotropic content) are widely abused in South Asia.

It aims to suppress the manufacture of, and trade in, illicit drugs, to reduce the negative impact of drug abuse on the individual and society and to ensure the availability of drugs for medical and scientific purposes.

5. Illicit cultivation, production and manufacture of drugs in the region

E. Illicit cultivation, production and manufacture of drugs in the region

They communicate with plants of other species and they communicate with animals by producing chemical volatiles, for example, during the pollination.

(e) Accelerating regional integration and cooperation, with particular emphasis on infrastructure development, in order to increase market size

And this time, they no longer respond to the drug.

But to take baby steps to get there, first of all we want to look at drug design and production, or drug discovery and manufacturing.

Furthermore, a system for epidemiological surveillance of drug abuse has been established for Central America.

and on precursors and chemicals frequently used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.Precursors and Chemicals Frequently Used in the Illicit Manufacture of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 1996 on the Implementation of Article 12 of the United Nations Convention against illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.97.XI.4).

1996 17. Special session of the General Assembly devoted to the combat against the illicit production, sale,

26. The Programme had started to develop a series of policy documents, that would address Programme priorities in, and approaches to, demand reduction and alternative development, Programme policy concerning estimates of illicit crop cultivation and drug production, rapid assessment of drug abuse situations and primary prevention.

A. Eradication and substitution of the illicit production of narcotic drugs eradication of the illicit processing of narcotic drugs and eradication of the illicit production and diversion of psychotropic substances

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.

Of the plant based drugs, the illicit consumption of cannabis products is most widespread.

Moreover, India has large scale licit production of psychotropic substances which are exported, licitly and illicitly, to other countries of the subregion, where the substances are widely abused.

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So the incentives are much larger to produce drugs which treat more people.

51 64 International action to combat drug abuse and illicit production and trafficking

We hope to encourage Indian pharmaceutical companies to establish production facilities in Africa to cater to the increasing requirement for affordable medicines, especially for antiretroviral drugs.

The broad spectrum of drugs and precursors to be detected and identified, coupled with the stiffening of national legislation in respect of drug production and trafficking, have also given added responsibilities to drug testing laboratories.

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.

Also in the context of developing laboratory networks for drug information sharing, including drug profiling data, a new global project has been initiated.