COUNTRY REPORTS SUBMITTED TO THE 1976 SEMINAR ON PREVENTION OF NARCOTIC OFFENCES HELD BY THE NATIONAL POLICE AGENCY, JAPAN (CONTAINS 3 SECTIONS ISSUED IN 3 UNNUMBERED VOLUMES)

• NCJ Number: 39653
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 351 pages
• Corporate Author: National Police Academy of Japan
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Conference Material
• Country: Japan

Annotation

SEPTEMBER 1976, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE REPORTS BY PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES ON THEIR PROGRESS IN CONTROLLING THE SPREAD AND USAGE OF DANGEROUS DRUGS.

Abstract

SIXTEEN COUNTRIES PARTICIPATED IN THE CONFERENCE IN JAPAN. THESE INCLUDED TURKEY, IRAQ, PAKISTAN, INDIA, NEPAL, BANGLADESH, SRI LANKA, MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE, INDONESIA, PHILIPPINES, KOREA, ECUADOR, COLOMBIA, BRAZIL, AND THAILAND. REPORTERS FOR THE COUNTRIES TOLD HOW THE DRUG PROBLEM HAD REACHED INTERNATIONAL PROPORTIONS, PROMPTING THEM TO TAKE SPECIFIC STEPS TO COUNTER THE PROBLEM. SOME OF THE MEASURES INCLUDED STIFFER PRISON SENTENCES FOR TRAFFICKERS, AND CRACKDOWNS ON CULTIVATORS. SEVERAL PARTICIPANTS INCLUDED STATISTICS ON THE FLOW OF DRUGS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES, AND INFORMATION ON MEASURES THEY HAVE USED TO TREAT DRUG ADDICTION....BS