Narcotic Drugs
The term narcotic (, from ancient Greek ναρκῶ narkō, "to make numb") originally referred medically to any psychoactive compound with numbing or paralysing properties. In the United States, it has since become associated with opiates and opioids, commonly morphine and heroin, as well as derivatives of many of the compounds found within raw opium latex. The primary three are morphine, codeine, and thebaine (while thebaine itself is only very mildly psychoactive, it is a crucial precursor in the vast majority of semi-synthetic opioids, such as oxycodone or hydrocodone). Legally speaking, the term "narcotic" may be imprecisely defined and typically has …
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Manitoba Office of the Children's Advocate · 27 November 2024 English
With a steadfast commitment to social justice and equity, our office operates through a human rights-based lens, weaving the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the United …
be harmful to children and youth, including narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, and alcohol. 57 THE … to protect children from “the illicit use of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances,” and to prevent … The right to protection from illicit use of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. In Z. Vaghri, … rights of the child, article 33: Protection from narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances (Vol. # 33). Brill …
CDPC: Canadian Drug Policy Coalition · 16 September 2024 English
9 DISADVANTAGED GROUPS OF WOMEN In the CEDAW Committee’s “List of issues and questions prior to the submission of the tenth periodic report of Canada,” the Committee asked of Canada: …
resolution passed at the 67th UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs directed member states to pursue harm reduction … Economic Review, January 8, 2021. 49 Commission on Narcotic Drugs. “Unedited revised E/CN.7/2024/L.5/Rev.2” Implementation …
CDPC: Canadian Drug Policy Coalition · 1 August 2024 English
For instance, due to the cultural significance of the coca leaf and international treaties to respect the rights of Indigenous Peoples, the cultivation* of coca has been decriminalized in Bolivia; …
drug in Schedule I of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. An annex* to the formal notification states …
CCSA: Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction · 6 February 2024 English
Explores how people who use drugs and the climate emergency interconnect. For example, in 2021 flooding in British Columbia disrupted people’s access to opioid agonist treatment. Looks at how people …
allowing pharmacists to renew prescriptions of narcotic drugs during times of emergency. • Increase research …
RSC: Royal Society of Canada · 8 December 2023 English
The Legal Context of Criminal Law 1.1 A Brief History of Canada’s Drug Laws In this section, we offer a brief history of Canada’s drug laws from the initial introduction …
control, including the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961, as amended by the 1972 Protocol; the … Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988.78 Some … drugs_report_2019_en.pdf at 5. 78 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961; Convention on Psychotropic Substances … 1971; Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, 1988. 79 Expert …
RSC: Royal Society of Canada · 8 December 2023 French
• Plateforme de la société civile pour la décriminalisation des drogues La Plateforme de la société civile pour la décriminalisation des drogues, composée de représentants de plus de vingt organisations …
drugs_report_2019_en.pdf at 5. 78 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961; Convention on Psychotropic Substances … 1971; Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, 1988. 79 Expert …
CADTH: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health · 5 October 2023 English
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CDPC: Canadian Drug Policy Coalition · 26 July 2023 English
the international drug control regime, as set forth in the preamble of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (1961), is the “health and welfare of mankind”. …
in the preamble of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (1961), is the “health and welfare of mankind” …
City of Victoria, British Columbia · 19 April 2023 English
(3) For the purposes of this section, a person is deemed to manage a sightseeing vehicle licence if the person, directly or indirectly, (a) holds the licence, (b) has a …
(a) use of or other dealing in intoxicants or narcotic drugs; or (b) actions involving dishonesty, violence …
CAS: Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society · 2023 English
It’s not just a matter of injections but the narcotic drugs and all kinds of things in pain management …
