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ARTICLE-1: DEFINITIONS     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (i) Consumption in the country or territory for medical and scientific purposes, ...


ARTICLE-2: SUBSTANCES UNDER CONTROL     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 9. Parties are not required to apply the provisions of this Convention to drugs which are commonly used in industry for other than medical or scientific purposes, provided that: ...


ARTICLE-4: GENERAL OBLIGATIONS     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (c) Subject to the provisions of this Convention, to limit exclusively to medical and scientific purposes the production, manufacture, export, import, distribution of, trade in, use and possession of drugs. ...


ARTICLE-9: COMPOSITION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 4. The Board, in co-operation with Governments, and subject to the terms of this Convention, shall endeavour to limit the cultivation, production, manufacture and use of drugs to an adequate amount required for medical and scientific purposes, to ensure their availability for such purposes and to prevent illicit cultivation, production and manufacture of, and illicit trafficking in and use of, drugs. ...


ARTICLE-12: ADMINISTRATION OF THE ESTIMATE SYSTEM     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 5. The Board, with a view to limiting the use and distribution of drugs to an adequate amount required for medical and scientific purposes and to ensuring their availability for such purposes, shall as expeditiously as possible confirm the estimates, including supplementary estimates, or, with the consent of the Government concerned, may amend such estimates. In case of a disagreement between the Government and the Board, the latter shall have the right to establish, communicate and publish its own estimates, including supplementary estimates. ...


ARTICLE-19: ESTIMATES OF DRUG REQUIREMENTS     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) Quantities of drugs to be consumed for medical and scientific purposes; ...


ARTICLE-21: LIMITATION OF MANUFACTURE AND IMPORTATION     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) The quantity consumed, within the limit of the relevant estimate, for medical and scientific purposes; ...


ARTICLE-49: TRANSITIONAL RESERVATIONS     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (f) The use of cannabis for other than medical and scientific purposes must be discontinued as soon as possible but in any case within twenty-five years from the coming into force of this Convention as provided in paragraph 1 of article 41. ...