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The first report is also known as The Report of the Second Inter-departmental Committee on Drug Addiction, [1] and it was published in 1961. It stated that the incidence of addiction to dangerous drugs in Great Britain was small. [2] This was the same conclusion drawn by the previous committee, The Rolleston Committee, in 1926. [3]
Until 1916 drug use was hardly controlled, and widely available opium and coca preparations commonplace. [1]: 13–14 Between 1916 and 1928 concerns about the use of these drugs by troops on leave from the First World War and then by people associated with the London criminal society gave rise to some controls being implemented. [1]
The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 (Single Convention, 1961 Convention, or C61) is an international treaty that controls activities (cultivation, production, supply, trade, transport) involving specific narcotic drugs and lays down a system of regulations (licenses, measures for treatment, research, etc.) for their medical and scientific uses, concluded under the auspices of the ...
A drug policy is the policy regarding the control and regulation of psychoactive substances (commonly referred to as drugs), particularly those that are addictive or cause physical and mental dependence. While drug policies are generally implemented by governments, entities at all levels (from international organisations, national or local ...
McLellan, who served as deputy director of the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy from 2009 to 2011, recalled recently talking to a despairing parent with an opiate-addicted son. The son had been through five residential treatment stays, costing the family more than $150,000.
The drug control treaties mandates four international bodies: the Board, the World Health Organization, the Secretary-General of the United Nations (nowadays represented by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime), and the Commission on Narcotic Drugs. The commission has power to influence drug control policy by advising other bodies and ...
Drug control law in the United Kingdom (1 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Drug policy of the United Kingdom" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
3 August – Suicide Act 1961 decriminalises acts of, or attempts at suicide in England and Wales. 10 August – The UK applies for membership of the EEC. 16 August – The play Lady Chatterley by John Harte – based on D. H. Lawrence's novel – opens at the Arts Theatre in London and is well-reviewed by West End theatre critic Harold Hobson.