ABSTRACT
The international drug control treaties were conceived as a response to widespread drug abuse and as an attempt to reduce to a minimum the medical, public health and other problems emerging in the wake of the misuse of drugs while, at the same time, not reducing the availability of drugs for medical and scientific purposes. In particular, the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 as amended by the 1972 Protocol[1] and the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971,[2] seek to ensure a delicate balance between making narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances available for medical and scientific purposes and preventing their abuse or non-medical use.
