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THE PROBLEM OF NARCOTIC DRUGS IN HONG KONG.

PAPER THREE

INTERNAL ORGANISATION IN HONG KONG.

Introduction.

1.

Having considered the complex international aspects in

Paper Two which bear directly or indirectly upon the clandestine

trafficking and importation of narcotic drugs into Hong Kong, the remaining three papers in this study will be concerned with the

major domestic issues involved in the suppression of the illicit

trade and the treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts. paper will examine the control mechanism which exists in the Colony to implement Government's stated policy of interdicting the illicit traffic in dangerous drugs into Hong Kong and eradicating drug abuse

from the community and related matters. Recommendations will be

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made to update the improve the control structure which should lead to greater impetus and direction.

2.

It is assumed in this paper that the Hong Kong Government will continue to adhere to its current position, and will not free

from control and the sanctions of the criminal law opium, morphine,

heroin, cannabis or any of the synthetic drugs of abuse. This

position is consistent with the policy it has pursued since the end of World War II and which is in conformity with the 1961

Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs ratified by the United Kingdom

and the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances to which the

United Kingdom Government is a signatory. The detailed argument

in respect of each of the applicable drugs is set out for the record

in Appendix B.

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