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An International Convention on the Control of Psychotropic Substances

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The “Convention on Psychotropic Substances, 1971” (in the following designated as “the Convention”) was initiated by the United Nations’ Commission on Narcotic Drugs, a functional commission of the Economic and Social Council, and the Expert Committee on Drug Dependence of the World Health Organization (WHO) because of the legal difficulty in controlling drugs other than those of the morphine, cocaine or cannabis type under the existing international conventions on narcotics control.

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  2. Institut für Arzneimittel des Bundesgesundheitsamtes, Stauffenbergstraße 13, D-1000, Berlin 30, Germany

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Halbach, H. (1982). An International Convention on the Control of Psychotropic Substances. In: Hoffmeister, F., Stille, G. (eds) Psychotropic Agents. Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, vol 55 / 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67770-0_19

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