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South Korea joins the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs

South Korea ratified the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 on 13 February 1962. The convention lists cannabis and cannabis resin among its controlled drugs and obliges its parties to limit their production, trade, possession and use to medical and scientific purposes.[1]

Listed for context. No score change is recorded for South Korea here.

References

  1. United Nations Treaty Collection — Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961: status of participantsarchived

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