DUAL OBJECTIVES

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Drug Control Treaties
DUAL OBJECTIVES To prevent Diversion Abuse
To ensure Availability for Legitimate Use
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Consumption of Narcotic Drugs
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Encouraging Trends
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Morphine Use in Industrialized Countries DDD/milli
on/year
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Impediments to Access
Economic Impediments Medical Impediments (e.g.
poor infrastructure for medical
care) Regulatory Impediments
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Conclusion
1. Very significant disparity Not only
between the rich and the poor but amongst
the rich 2. No medical/economic explanations
Morbidity patterns are similar Infrastructure
for medical care is equally good Regulatory
impediments
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A response to Regulatory Impediments
GUIDELINES TO ASSIST NATIONAL AUTHORITIES IN
MAKING SELF-ASSESSMENT OF CONTROL
POLICY November 1999 Working Group in
Wisconsin October 2000 Issued the
Guidelines INCB, WHO Collaborating Centre, PCC
EDM/QSM
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