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2) How a country om be compelled to export to other countries in

opium, coca leaves, raw cocaine, morphine, heroin and cocaine only

what corresponds to the legitimate medical and scientific needs of

these countries.

This result can only be obtained by a generalisation of the

actual system of import certificates or any other analogous system.

This system can be defined in a word.

All the signatory Powers will have explicitly to undertake not to

allow any export for abroad from the bonded warehouses in the ports

or frontier towns, through which any row stuffs or drugs will always

have to pass before export, except when an official certificate has

been shown from the country of destination stipulating that a

specified and named quantity of the aforesaid may be imported by such

and such a known consignee,

But, if

Evidently this is the basis which nothing can replace. the organisation of the control in the country of destination is well conceived, this country will only receive what it really needs, as

has been seen. The acsontial aim of the preoccupation of publio

international health and morality which inspires all our work will bo

achieved. It is not limitation for the theoretical pleasure of a limitation on principle that is sought, but limitation to legitimato Once more these needs alone will be satisfied by the present

needs.

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On the other hand, it is certain that a country which has abused its share in an international traffic, to the extent to

with a view to which this traffio is legitimate, by hoarding up flooding other countries the two raw stuffs and the three drugs with which we are dealing, will never begin to do this again.

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Those

of its nationals who have "played this little game" will have lost

too much by it. This natural, direct and pasuniary penalty is

far preferable to a boycott.