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Single Convention of Narcotic Drugs
The Single Convention of Narcotic Drugs (SCND) is an international Convention that aims to fight drug abuse by coordinated international action. The SCND seeks to limit the possession, use, trade in, distribution, import, export, manufacture and production of drugs exclusively to medical and scientific purposes and it fights drug trafficking through international cooperation to deter and discourage drug traffickers. The Single Convention codified all existing multilateral treaties on drug control and extended the existing control systems to include the cultivation of plants that were grown as the raw material of narcotic drugs. The SCND established the International Narcotics Control Board, uniting the Permanent Central Board and the Drug Supervisory Board. The Convention was adopted and opened for signature by the United Nations Conference for the Adoption of a Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, held at United Nations Headquarters, New York, from January 24 to 25 March 1961 and entered into force on December 13, 1964. The Convention was amended in 1972 and entered into force on August 8, 1975, in accordance with article 18 of the Protocol of March 25, 1972.