Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs

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United Nations treaty drug control convention international drug control treaty multilateral treaty

The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is a 1961 United Nations treaty that established the foundational international framework for controlling and regulating narcotic drugs worldwide.

Aliases (2)

1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs ×1
United Nations Conference for the Adoption of a Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations treaty → drug control convention → international drug control treaty → multilateral treaty →
administeredBy	United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime →
adoptedAt	United Nations Conference for the Adoption of a Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs →
adoptedInCity	New York City →
adoptedInCountry	United States →
adoptedOn	1961-03-30 →
aimsTo	combat drug abuse through coordinated international action → limit narcotic drugs to medical and scientific purposes →
alsoKnownAs	1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs →
amendedBy	1972 Protocol Amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs →
cameIntoForceOn	1964-12-13 →
concludedUnderAuspicesOf	United Nations →
contains	schedules of controlled narcotic drugs →
defines	cannabis → coca leaf → narcotic drug → opium → poppy straw →
depository	Secretary-General of the United Nations →
establishes	international control system for narcotic drugs →
establishesBody	International Narcotics Control Board →
hasProtocol	1972 Protocol Amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs →
language	Chinese → English → French → Russian → Spanish →
monitoredBy	Commission on Narcotic Drugs → International Narcotics Control Board →
obligesStatesTo	criminalize unauthorized production and trafficking of narcotic drugs → limit production of narcotic drugs to medical and scientific needs → take measures against illicit cultivation of opium poppy, coca bush and cannabis →
partOf	international drug control system →
regionScope	worldwide →
relatedTo	Convention on Psychotropic Substances → United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances →
replaces	Convention for Limiting the Manufacture and Regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs of 1931 → International Opium Convention of 1912 → International Opium Convention of 1925 → Protocol of 1948 bringing under international control drugs outside the scope of the 1931 Convention → Protocol of 1953 for Limiting and Regulating the Cultivation of the Poppy Plant →
requires	estimates of national narcotic drug requirements → licensing of manufacture of narcotic drugs → licensing of trade in narcotic drugs → statistical reporting on production and consumption of narcotic drugs →
shortName	Single Convention →
subjectMatter	drug regulation → narcotic drugs control →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs ("United Nations Conference for the Adoption of a Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs") →	adoptedAt
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs ("1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs") →	alsoKnownAs
United Nations crime suppression conventions →	includesInstrument
Controlled Substances Act →	influencedBy
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime →	supportsTreaty