Narcotic Drugs
The term narcotic (, from ancient Greek ναρκῶ narkō, "to make numb") originally referred medically to any psychoactive compound with numbing or paralysing properties. In the United States, it has since become associated with opiates and opioids, commonly morphine and heroin, as well as derivatives of many of the compounds found within raw opium latex. The primary three are morphine, codeine, and thebaine (while thebaine itself is only very mildly psychoactive, it is a crucial precursor in the vast majority of semi-synthetic opioids, such as oxycodone or hydrocodone). Legally speaking, the term "narcotic" may be imprecisely defined and typically has …
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UNODC: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime · 9 November 2024 English
Relevant UNODC staff based in Promoting national ownership through HQ and in the region contributed to this support for the development and process and provided their inputs and implementation of …
detection laboratory equipment. capacity of narcotic drugs Impact: Target: Low to medium, as there is … institutional UN framework (through the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal …
HRI: Harm Reduction International · 28 October 2024
As the language of harm reduction becomes more popularised in the USA and across the globe, the These innovations are important examples of how Global State of Harm Reduction 2024 …
tightening of public finances at the national Narcotic Drugs (CND), in its 67th session, voted for level … reduction appear in several national plans (on Narcotic Drugs resolution on overdose was the first drugs … survey response, Greece’. 62 Commission on Narcotic Drugs, (2024) Resolution 67/4: Preventing 90 van … the 2024 mid-term review of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, p. 16, of Prisons Institutions, OIG, Washington …
EU: European Union · 25 October 2024 English
ePrescription by including prescriptions for narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and the introduction …
HRI: Harm Reduction International · 24 October 2024
Number of countries with explicit supportive reference to harm reduction in national policy documents in Global State of Harm Reduction reports, 2008-2024 200 180 160 140 120 105 108100 91 …
reduction appear in several national plans (on Narcotic Drugs resolution on overdose was the first drugs … survey response, Greece’. 62 Commission on Narcotic Drugs, (2024) Resolution 67/4: Preventing 90 van …
EU: European Union · 24 October 2024 English
ePrescription by including prescriptions for narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and the introduction …
HRI: Harm Reduction International · 24 October 2024 English
However, there have been reports protect the right to health in prisons,23 and 108 of staffing issues and a lack of testing kits,30 and countries recognise harm reduction in their …
the 2024 mid-term review of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, p. 16, of Prisons Institutions, OIG, Washington …
UNODC: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime · 24 October 2024 English
Focusing on children today means a healthier tomorrow • 25% of the world population are children1, which is under • With their brain still maturing until the age of 25 …
to protect children from the illicit use of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances as defined in the … also coupled by a parallel the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) and continued movement (including within …
UN: The United Nations · 21 October 2024 English
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EU: European Union · 21 October 2024 English
precursors used for the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic and new psychoactive substances …
EU: European Union · 21 October 2024 English
precursors used for the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic and new psychoactive substances …
