Buxton, Julia2012-05-292012-05-292008-03https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6571This paper outlines the institutional history of the international narcotic drug control regime. It details the evolution of the control system, from its foundations at the beginning of the twentieth century - a period of mass, unregulated narcotic drug use - to the current period. The paper argues that the contemporary control model is ill-positioned to address the dynamic and rapidly changing nature of the global narcotics trade. The persistence of anachronistic guiding first principles, specifically the utopian idea of prohibition, is identified as the key impediment to the adoption of a more humane and effective policy approach. But while there is growing pressure for a revision of founding ideas, this is not supported by a host of powerful actors that includes the United States.CC BY 3.0 IGOABUSEACCOUNTINGADDICTIONALCOHOLAMPHETAMINESANALGESICANALGESICSANESTHESIABANBARBITURATESBATTLEBULLETSCANNABISCERTIFICATESCERTIFICATIONCIVIL WARCOCAINECOCAINE USECODEINECOMBATANTSCOMMODITIESCONFLICTCONTROLLED SUBSTANCESCONVENTIONCONVICTIONCRACKCRIMECRIME CONTROLCRIME PREVENTIONCRIMINALCRIMINAL LAWCRIMINAL LAWSCRIMINALITYDANGEROUS DRUGSDANGEROUS SUBSTANCESDEATHSDIPLOMACYDRUG ABUSEDRUG ADDICTSDRUG CONSUMPTIONDRUG CONTROL PROGRAMDRUG CONTROL TREATIESDRUG DEPENDENCEDRUG LEGISLATIONDRUG MARKETSDRUG POLICIESDRUG POLICYDRUG TESTINGDRUG TRADEDRUG TRAFFICDRUG TRAFFICKERSDRUG TRAFFICKINGDRUG USEDRUG USERSEMBARGOEXTRADITIONFLAGFOREIGN POLICYFOUNDATIONSGRAVEGREAT POWERSHALLUCINOGENSHEROINILLICIT DRUGILLICIT DRUG TRADEILLICIT DRUGSINFORMATION EXCHANGEINTEGRITYINTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTINTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTSINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITYINTERNATIONAL CONTROLINTERNATIONAL COOPERATIONINTERNATIONAL CRIMEINTERNATIONAL LAWINTERNATIONAL MARKETINTERNATIONALIZATIONKHATMARIJUANAMEDICAL TREATMENTMEDICAL VALUEMEDICATIONMEDICINEMEDICINESMEETINGMETHADONEMILITARIZATIONMORPHINEMORPHINE ADDICTIONNARCOTICNARCOTIC DRUGNARCOTIC DRUG CONTROLNARCOTIC DRUGSNARCOTICSNARCOTICS CONTROLNATIONSNEGOTIATIONSOFFENDERSOPIATEOPIATE ADDICTIONOPIATE ADDICTSOPIATE USEOPIATESOPIUMOPIUM DENSOPIUM PRODUCTIONOPIUM TRADEPAPAVERPEACEPEACE AGREEMENTSPENAL SANCTIONSPETHIDINEPEYOTEPHARMACEUTICALPHARMACEUTICAL SECTORPHARMACYPOLICEPOPPIESPRESCRIPTIONPSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCESRAPISTSRECONSTRUCTIONREHABILITATIONREVOLUTIONSELFMEDICATIONSMOKINGSMUGGLERSSOCIAL PROBLEMSOCIAL REINTEGRATIONSOLDIERSOUTH AMERICASOUTH AMERICANSTIMULANTSTOBACCOTRAFFICKINGWARSWEST EUROPEANWESTERN EUROPEWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4553