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Media Availability -- 3/3 Report by UN's Narcotics Control Board
Contact: Deborah DeYoung, United Nations Information Center, 202-276-8670, deyoung@un.org
MEDIA ADVISORY, March 2, 2015 /Standard Newswire/ -- Media Availability, US Member of the International Narcotics Control Board (annual report embargoed until 3 March 11:00 am GMT/6:00 am EST)
The US member of the International Narcotics Control Board, former American diplomat David T. Johnson, is available to discuss its annual report on trends in narcotics policy and use worldwide.
Among its highlights, the report notes:
• The rise in the potency and availability of heroin;
• The consumption of 92% of the world's morphine by 17% of the world's population, primarily in North America; some 5.5 billion people – three-quarter's of the world's population – have little to no access to medicines containing narcotic drugs;
• The role in prescription opioids in drug-overdose deaths, which in the US outnumber homicides and traffic fatalities;
• The decline in the availability of cocaine;
• The drop in methamphetamine's price and increase in its purity;
• The effects of growing public acceptance of marijuana use, including on traffic fatalities and drug dependence; and
• The impact of legalizing marijuana and medical marijuana on the broad consensus behind the international narcotics treaties.
· The INCB monitors and reports annually all nations' compliance with their obligations under:
• The 1961 Single Convention on Narcotics Drugs (acceded to by 186 nations),
• The 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances (acceded to by 183 nations), and
• The 1988 UN Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (acceded to by 188 nations).
For the embargoed report and to request an interview of Ambassador Johnson, please contact Deborah DeYoung, United Nations Information Center, 202-276-8670 or deyoung@un.org
