6.4 Chapter Summary

Key Summary Points

  1. The history of international drug control conventions has been a story of ever-increasing prohibition controls on the non-medicinal use of certain psychoactive drugs.
  2. The Single Convention (1961) consolidates numerous previous drug treaties.
  3. The three international drug control conventions currently in force are: the Single Convention, 1961; the Convention on Psychotropic drugs, 1971; and the Convention Against the Illicit Traffic in Narcotics Drugs and Psychoactive Substances, 1988.
  4. Although some recent changes within the international community demonstrate support for the implementation of alternative drug policy options and a loosing of the three international treaties, several powerful Member States continue to support the status quo.

Additional Resources

Below are a list of supplementary resources for students interested in learning more about the chapter topics. These resources are NOT required course materials. A list of required course materials, beyond those found throughout this chapter, are provided on the following page.

Additional Viewings

Green Leaves. (January 15, 2021). Drug trafficking, politics and power Part 1 [Video]. YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL6pJITOGwY

RC. (April 21, 2018). Martin Jelsma: Opening statement, treaties, coca leaf & cannabis prohibitions & other points [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/khGZXmVFQbU

Additional Readings

Canada’s approach to the treaty-making process. (2021). Parliament of Canada.
https://lop.parl.ca/sites/PublicWebsite/default/en_CA/ResearchPublications/200845E

International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC). (December 2023). Off track: Shadow report for the mid-term review of the 2019 Ministerial Declaration on Drugs. https://idpc.net/publications/2023/10/idpc-shadow-report-2024

United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND). (July 10, 2023). Contribution by the Chair of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs To the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2023. https://hlpf.un.org/sites/default/files/vnrs/2023/HLPF%202023%20Inputs%20CND.pdf

 

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