SEVEN NATION FACT-FINDING MISSION - REPORT FOR THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON NARCOTICS ABUSE AND CONTROL, FEBRUARY 1977

• NCJ Number: 40694
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 35 pages
• Corporate Author: US Congress
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A REPORT DISCUSSING AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL SUCCESSES AND FAILURES IN ANTINARCOTICS EFFORTS.

Abstract

THE REPORT RECOMMENDS THE CREATION OF A NEW INTERNATIONAL BODY COMPRISED OF LEGISLATORS, JURISTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL, AND PARLIAMENTARIANS TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM OF DRUG ABUSE IN A NEUTRAL AND OBJECTIVE MANNER. A SIMILAR RECOMMENDATION PRESENTED WAS THE CREATION OF A CORRELATIVE INTERNATIONAL BODY TO DEAL WITH DEMAND REDUCTION, TREATMENT, AND REHABILITATION. A REVIEW OF THE DRUG ABUSE SITUATION AMONG NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANZATION (NATO) TROOPS WAS ALSO CONDUCTED. NATIONS INCLUDED IN THE STUDY ARE FRANCE, AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, EGYPT, ITALY, IN ADDITION TO THE VATICAN AND THE UNITED NATIONS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...TWH