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A protocol amends the Single Convention

The 1972 Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs moved the treaty slightly towards treatment and social reintegration and allowed alternatives to penal sanctions for trade and possession offences committed by drug users. The prohibitive character of the system and its focus on supply stayed as they were.[1]

References

  1. Transnational Institute — The Rise and Decline of Cannabis Prohibition, chapter 1, The history of cannabis in the international drug control system (2014, PDF)archived

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