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PREAMBLE     [go to this PREAMBLE]
... Recognizing that addiction to narcotic drugs constitutes a serious evil for the individual and is fraught with social and economic danger to mankind, ...


ARTICLE-2: SUBSTANCES UNDER CONTROL     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) A Party shall adopt any special measures of control which in its opinion are necessary having regard to the particularly dangerous properties of a drug so included; and ...


ARTICLE-44: TERMINATION OF PREVIOUS INTERNATIONAL TREATIES     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. Upon the coming into force of this Convention, article 9 of the Convention for the Suppression of the Illicit Traffic in Dangerous Drugs, signed at Geneva on 26 June 1936, shall, between the Parties thereto which are also Parties to this Convention, be terminated, and shall be replaced by paragraph 2 (b) of article 36 of this Convention; provided that such a Party may by notification to the Secretary-General continue in force the said article 9. ...