Editing Narcotic (section)

== United Nations ==

=== Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 ===
The adoption of this convention is regarded as a milestone in the history of the international drug ban. [[single convention on narcotic drugs|The Single Convention]] codified all existing multilateral treaties on drug control and extended the existing control systems to include the cultivation of plants that were grown as the raw material of narcotic drugs. The principal objectives of the convention are to limit the possession, use, trade, distribution, import, export, manufacture, and production of drugs exclusively for medical and scientific purposes, and to address drug trafficking through international cooperation to deter and discourage drug traffickers. The convention also established the International Narcotics Control Board, merging the Permanent Central Board and the Drug Supervisory Board.<ref>[http://www.incb.org/incb/convention_1961.html Convention 1961] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090520040341/http://www.incb.org/incb/convention_1961.html |date=2009-05-20 }}. Incb.org. Retrieved on 2011-09-24.</ref>

The 1961 Convention seeks to control over 116 drugs that it classifies as narcotic. These include:
* plant-based products such as opium and its derivatives morphine, codeine, and heroin (the primary category of drug listed in the convention);
* synthetic narcotics such as methadone and pethidine; and
* cannabis, coca, and cocaine.
The Convention divides drugs into four groups, or schedules, to enforce a greater or lesser degree of control for the various substances and compounds. Opium smoking and eating, coca leaf chewing, cannabis resin smoking, and the non-medical use of cannabis are prohibited. The 1972 Protocol to this Convention calls for increased efforts to prevent illicit production of, traffic in, and use of narcotics as defined by the convention, while highlighting the need to provide treatment and rehabilitation services to drug abusers.<ref>[http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/illicit-drugs/definitions/index.html Illicit Drugs – Drug Definitions]. UNODC. Retrieved on 2011-09-24.</ref>

=== INCB Yellow List ===
This document contains the current list of narcotic drugs under international control and additional
information to assist governments in filling in the [[International Narcotics Control Board]] questionnaires
related to narcotic drugs, namely, form A, form B and form C.<ref>[http://www.incb.org/pdf/forms/yellow_list/49th_Edition/49thedYL_Dec_10E.pdf LIST OF NARCOTIC DRUGS UNDER INTERNATIONAL CONTROL] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726174630/http://www.incb.org/pdf/forms/yellow_list/49th_Edition/49thedYL_Dec_10E.pdf |date=2011-07-26 }}. Yellow List. International Narcotics Control Board. 49th edition, December 2010</ref>

In medicine, a chemical agent that induces stupor, coma, or insensibility to pain
(also called narcotic analgesic).

In the context of international drug control, "narcotic drug" means any drug
defined as such under the 1961 Convention.<ref>[http://www.unodc.org/pdf/publications/report_2003-09-01_1.pdf TERMINOLOGY AND INFORMATION ON DRUGS]. (PDF) . Second edition. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. 2003. Retrieved on 2011-09-24.</ref>