“International Drug Control Conventions
Conventions available below in e-book format:
https://www.unodc.org/documents/commissions/CND/Int_Drug_Control_Conventions/Ebook/The_International_Drug_Control_Conventions_E.pdf
The texts of the three main international drug control conventions: the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 as amended by the 1972 Protocol, the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971 and the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988 are available as an e-book for download.
The revised schedules of narcotic drugs under international control are issued separately under document symbol ST/CND/1/Add.1. The revised schedules of psychotropic substances under international control are issued under document symbol ST/CND/1/Add.2. The revised tables of substances frequently used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances under international control are issued under document symbol ST/CND/1/Add.3.
Those addenda will be updated whenever the Commission on Narcotic Drugs takes a decision to amend one of the schedules of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances under international control or one of the tables of substances frequently used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances under international control.”
The United States continues to be in violation of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, of which it is a signatory.
“Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, as amended by the 1972 Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961
Preamble
The Parties,
Concerned with the health and welfare of mankind,
Recognizing that the medical use of narcotic drugs continues to be indispensable for the relief of pain and suffering and that adequate provision must be made to ensure the availability of narcotic drugs for such purposes,
Recognizing that addiction to narcotic drugs constitutes a serious evil for
the individual and is fraught with social and economic danger to mankind,
Conscious of their duty to prevent and combat this evil,
Considering that effective measures against abuse of narcotic drugs require
co-ordinated and universal action,
Understanding that such universal action calls for international co-operation
guided by the same principles and aimed at common objectives,
Acknowledging the competence of the United Nations in the field of narcotics control and desirous that the international organs concerned should be
within the framework of that Organization,
Desiring to conclude a generally acceptable international convention
replacing existing treaties on narcotic drugs, limiting such drugs to medical and
scientific use, and providing for continuous international co-operation and con-
trol for the achievement of such aims and objectives”
Tables of the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988, as at 18 October 2017
http://undocs.org/ST/CND/1/Add.3/Rev.2
“Article 14:
4.
The Parties shall adopt appropriate measures aimed at eliminating or
reducing illicit demand for narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, with a
view to reducing human suffering and eliminating financial incentives for illicit
traffic. These measures may be based, inter alia, on the recommendations of the
United Nations, specialized agencies of the United Nations such as the World
Health Organization, and other competent international organizations, and
on the Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Outline adopted by the International
Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, held in 1987, as it pertains to
governmental and non-governmental agencies and private efforts in the fields of
prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. The Parties may enter into bilateral or
multilateral agreements or arrangements aimed at eliminating or reducing illicit
demand for narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.”