Whack-a-mole drug war: ‘Deliver us from evil’? – The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 50 years on

An anlysis of the impact of the original U.N. Drug Convention on human rights. For a history of the U.N. Conventions see our page: The Inflluence of the U.S. on United Nations Drug Policy

‘Deliver us from evil’? – The Single Conventionon Narcotic Drugs, 50 years on: "This year marks the 50

anniversary of the Single Convention on Narcotics Drugs. Ratified in 1961, the Single Convention was the first of three United Nations treaties enshrining the international community’s approach to drug control. ...

... the history of international efforts to control narcotics has from the start been framed as a humanitarian mission, rather than strictly an exercise in law enforcement. However, these humanitarian ideals have far too often been superseded by policies and practices that have the opposite effect, therefore highlighting the conflict between drug control in principle and drug control in practice. "