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ARTICLE-22: PENAL PROVISIONS [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) Notwithstanding the preceding sub-paragraph, when abusers of psychotropic substances have committed such offences, the Parties may provide, either as an alternative to conviction or punishment or in addition to punishment, that such abusers undergo measures of treatment, education, after-care, rehabilitation and social reintegration in conformity with paragraph 1 of article 20. ...
... (iii) Foreign convictions for such offences shall be taken into account for the purpose of establishing recidivism; and ...