The Technical publication on Narcotic Drugs contains information about the licit movement of the internationally controlled narcotic drugs included in the Schedules of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. This includes information on cultivation of opiate raw materials, on extraction of alkaloids from opium, poppy straw and concentrate of poppy straw; on the manufacture of consumption, utilization and stocks of opiates and opioids; and international global trade in narcotic drugs as well as in individual countries/territories. The publication also contains the estimated requirements of narcotic drugs for each country and territory.
Format: Paperback / softback
CONTRIBUTORS: United Nations: Office on Drugs and Crime
EAN: 9789210481670
COUNTRY: United States
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HEIGHT: 300 cm
PUBLISHED BY: United Nations
DATE PUBLISHED: 2018-05-07
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GENRE: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues
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Book Themes:
Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Crime and criminology, Terrorism, armed struggle
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