CO129-486 - Public Offices - 1924 — Page 264

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desire to co-opwate with a view to remedying an unquestionablo

evil

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is it thought that the countries producing raw stuffo will be

able to flood them against their will?

Will The countries producing the raw stuffs, it will bo said, supply other countrics than the seven above-mentioned, or they will

But first, the equipment of a factory, start manufacturing themselves.

How many

if it is to be an economic succoss, is not an easy thing. manufacturers of heroin, morphine and cocaine are there at the prescnt time in the whole world? Eesides, cne must start from the hypothesis that everybody will undertake to introduce measures of effective con- trol which will have been agreed upon, and that the League of Nations If some countries will supervise the application of the conventions. refused to accept even measures of control it would be another mattor,. but those countries would, a fortiert, be still more opposed to an apportionment. What I hav: just been saying relates only to countles which are not ac well equipped for effective control as large coun-

It will be for the fittest to defend trios with modern administration, thomselves against the abuseg of the leas fit, and the latter, failing an outlet, will be obliged to fall into line after a short period, Lot us then revert to the demonstration that a system can be organi sed in virtue of which a country will only be able to resolve the quanti- ties of the raw stuffs and drugs in question which correspond to its legitimato medical needs. The demonstration has just been made in

Let me afd, however, rogard to raw stuffe (opium and the coca loaf*).

Suppose that France bas decidud, all told, that it

of opium. The central adminio- needs 20,000 kɛ. I take any figure tration (I am still speaking of Frence) will be kept informed every

one more measure.

As to synthetic cocaine, tho result would be obtained by tho matriculation and the supervision and "exercico" of the chemical mmufacturers producing it.