League of Nations drug control agreements

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The League of Nations drug control agreements were a series of early 20th-century international treaties that established the first global framework for regulating and restricting the production, trade, and use of narcotic drugs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drug control treaty regime
multilateral treaty framework
series of international treaties
aimsTo combat illicit drug trafficking
limit manufacture of cocaine
limit manufacture of heroin
limit manufacture of morphine
limit opium production
prevent drug abuse
restrict non-medical use of narcotic drugs
appliesTo narcotic drugs
areaOfLaw international drug control law
public international law
developedUnder League of Nations
endTime 1946
establishes estimates system for medical and scientific drug needs
international reporting obligations on drug production
international reporting obligations on drug trade
system of export authorizations for narcotic drugs
system of import certificates for narcotic drugs
followedBy Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs
surface form: Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961

United Nations drug control conventions
hasPart Agreement concerning the Suppression of the Manufacture of, Internal Trade in, and Use of Prepared Opium of 1925
Convention for Limiting the Manufacture and Regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs of 1931
Convention for the Suppression of the Illicit Traffic in Dangerous Drugs of 1936
international opium conventions
surface form: International Opium Convention of 1912

international opium conventions
surface form: International Opium Convention of 1925
influenced Commission on Narcotic Drugs
surface form: United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs

post-World War II international drug control system
involves colonial territories of member states
League of Nations mandate system
surface form: mandated territories under League of Nations
language English
French
legalBasis Treaty of Versailles
monitoredBy Drug Supervisory Body
Permanent Central Opium Board
precededBy Hague International Opium Convention of 1912
Shanghai Opium Commission of 1909
regulates production of narcotic drugs
trade in narcotic drugs
use of narcotic drugs
scopeIncludes cocaine
heroin
morphine
opium
other manufactured narcotic drugs
startTime 1919
subjectHasRole first global framework for drug control
timePeriod early 20th century

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social and opium traffic section usedLegalFramework League of Nations drug control agreements
subject surface form: Social and Opium Traffic Section
Protocol of 1948 bringing under international control drugs outside the scope of the 1931 Convention belongsTo League of Nations drug control agreements
this entity surface form: League of Nations and United Nations drug control treaty system