Adolf Lande (1905–197?
) served for many years as secretary of the
Permanent Central Narcotics Board and the Drug Supervisory Body (two international drug organs) and was the primary drafter of the
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs
The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 (Single Convention, 1961 Convention, or C61) is an international treaty that controls activities (cultivation, production, supply, trade, transport) of specific narcotic drugs and lays down a syst ...
. He also wrote the Commentary of both the Single Convention and the
Convention on Psychotropic Substances
The Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971 is a United Nations treaty designed to control psychoactive drugs such as #Amphetamine-type stimulants, amphetamine-type stimulants, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, and Psychedelic drug, psychede ...
. These documents are crucial to the interpretation of the treaties. Lande was considered one of the most foremost authorities on UN international drug control legislation.
See also
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United Nations International Drug Control Programme
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC; French: ''Office des Nations unies contre la drogue et le crime'') is a United Nations office that was established in 1997 as the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention by combining the ...
References
External links
The Single Convention and Its Implications for Canadian Cannabis Policy
1905 births
Year of death missing
1970s deaths
Drug control law
German officials of the United Nations
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