American Diplomacy and the narcotics traffic

American Diplomacy and the narcotics traffic Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:19:44 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 Bibliography https://abuse-drug.com/lib/American-Diplomacy-and-the-narcotics-traffic/bibliography.html The chief unpublished primary sources consulted for this study were the records of the Department of State for the years i906 to 1939, the records of the Bureau of Insular Affairs for the years 1899 to 1939, both in the National Archives, Washington, D.C., and the Papers of Bishop Charles H. Brent in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress. The State Department material covers primarily American participation in interna-tional conferences on narcotics, the collaboration between the Uni... American Diplomacy and the narcotics traffic Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:00:00 +0100 Epilogue A sketch of the international movement since 1939 https://abuse-drug.com/lib/American-Diplomacy-and-the-narcotics-traffic/epilogue-a-sketch-of-the-international-movement-since-1939.html As indicated in the body of this study, the war years did not completely interrupt the international efforts at narcotic drug control.' The United States took special pains to insure that the momentum that had built up over the previous decades would not be dissipated. Therefore, the Permanent Central Board and the Supervisory Body were invited to carry on their work from the United States, and branches of these agencies were established in Washington, D.C., for the duration of the war. The Unite... American Diplomacy and the narcotics traffic Thu, 14 Apr 2011 23:00:00 +0100 Chapter 12 Altruism and self-interest in America's narcotics diplomacy https://abuse-drug.com/lib/American-Diplomacy-and-the-narcotics-traffic/chapter-12-altruism-and-self-interest-in-americas-narcotics-diplomacy.html The international movement to suppress the misuse of dangerous drugs arose out of developments in the nineteenth century. Beginning as an effort to rid China of the opium menace, it soon evolved into a cam-paign to solve what had become an almost universal problem. The initial interest of the United States in the problem stemmed from the participation of its nationals in the China opium trade. These activities were carried on without the countenance of the American government and people, and when... American Diplomacy and the narcotics traffic Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:00:00 +0100 Chapter 11 American cooperation with the League in limitation at the source https://abuse-drug.com/lib/American-Diplomacy-and-the-narcotics-traffic/chapter-11-american-cooperation-with-the-league-in-limitation-at-the-source.html Primary emphasis within the international movement to deal with the abuse of dangerous drugs has been given to limiting the supplies of drugs available. Down to 1939 international measures dealt mainly with the regulation of the national and international legitimate trade, the suppression of illicit traffic, and the prevention of the production of surplus supplies of manufactured drugs. One area not adequately covered was the production of raw materials. This accounted for a major gap in the inte... American Diplomacy and the narcotics traffic Tue, 12 Apr 2011 23:00:00 +0100 Chapter 10 American cooperation with the League on the Far Eastern problem and illicit traffic https://abuse-drug.com/lib/American-Diplomacy-and-the-narcotics-traffic/chapter-10-american-cooperation-with-the-league-on-the-far-eastern-problem-and-illicit-traffic.html The trend toward greater collaboration between the United States and the League of Nations in the 193o's that was inaugurated by the Conference on Manufacture and the resultant Narcotics Limitation Convention embraced all phases of the drug problem. The United States played a prominent role in the deliberations of the League on such subjects as the traffic in and the use of prepared opium, the illicit traffic, and the excess production of raw materials—the suppression of which constituted the A... American Diplomacy and the narcotics traffic Mon, 11 Apr 2011 23:00:00 +0100 Chapter 9 American cooperation with the League in limiting manufacture https://abuse-drug.com/lib/American-Diplomacy-and-the-narcotics-traffic/chapter-9-american-cooperation-with-the-league-in-limiting-manufacture.html When the call came from the League of Nations for a new conference, the issue of the resumption of American collaboration with that body on the narcotics problem could no longer be evaded. If the United States refused to participate in an obviously sincere endeavor to solve one major aspect of the problem, it would open itself to severe and justifiable criticism and possibly end for a long time any chances it had of exerting any significant influence on the movement as a whole. Therefore, the ini... American Diplomacy and the narcotics traffic Sun, 10 Apr 2011 23:00:00 +0100 Chapter 8 Sequel to Geneva: American isolation from the antidrug campaign https://abuse-drug.com/lib/American-Diplomacy-and-the-narcotics-traffic/chapter-8-sequel-to-geneva-american-isolation-from-the-antidrug-campaign.html The United States did not sign the Convention and Protocol of the Second Geneva Conference but was invited to adhere to them. Its re-fusal to do so was based more on political and face-saving considera-tions than on dissatisfaction with the Convention, for the United States was eventually forced to admit that the treaty was a forward step in the drug control movement. However, American withdrawal from the Geneva Conference precluded early acceptance of the Convention. Such acceptance would have c... American Diplomacy and the narcotics traffic Sat, 09 Apr 2011 23:00:00 +0100 Chapter 7 The Geneva opium conferences https://abuse-drug.com/lib/American-Diplomacy-and-the-narcotics-traffic/chapter-7-the-geneva-opium-conferences.html The Council of the League had called for the convening of two conferences in November 192.4. At the suggestion of the Assembly, and over the objection of the British, the Council specified that the parties to the Hague Convention and all members of the League should be invited to participate in the second conference. The British had opposed this on the grounds that the inclusion of nonmanufacturing and nonproducing countries, which were not directly concerned with the drug problem, might hamper, ... American Diplomacy and the narcotics traffic Fri, 08 Apr 2011 23:00:00 +0100 Chapter 6 Tentative cooperation with the League of Nations, 1921-1924 https://abuse-drug.com/lib/American-Diplomacy-and-the-narcotics-traffic/chapter-6-tentative-cooperation-with-the-league-of-nations-1921-1924.html Throughout the 1920's and 1930's the participation of the United States in the antidrug campaign was complicated by the question of the degree to which this country would participate in League of Nations activities. In the early months of the Harding administration, the probability of cooperation with the League appeared to be slight, for communications from the League were not even acknowledged.' Gradually, however, indirect communication was established by a tortuous route beginning with the Le... American Diplomacy and the narcotics traffic Thu, 07 Apr 2011 23:00:00 +0100 Chapter 5 Opium as a domestic and international issue, 1914 - 1924 https://abuse-drug.com/lib/American-Diplomacy-and-the-narcotics-traffic/chapter-5-opium-as-a-domestic-and-international-issue-1914-1924.html After the meetings at The Hague the next international conference on the narcotics drugs problem was held at Geneva in 1924-1925 under the auspices of the League of Nations. In the interim the United States gave its attention in varying degrees to three aspects of that problem: her own domestic predicament, the situation in China, and the question of whether and to what extent the United States should cooperate with the League of Nations in the solution of the problem. Because the drug problem tr... American Diplomacy and the narcotics traffic Wed, 06 Apr 2011 23:00:00 +0100 Chapter 4 The Hague opium conferences https://abuse-drug.com/lib/American-Diplomacy-and-the-narcotics-traffic/chapter-4-the-hague-opium-conferences.html At the Shanghai meeting the Americans withdrew their resolution proposing an international conference on the opium problem when the British objected to it. The idea remained alive with the members of the American delegation, however, and they were determined that it should eventually be acted upon. Therefore, in their confidential report to the State Department, they made a strong plea for the calling of such a conference by the United States.' Brent and Wright followed up this proposal with indi... American Diplomacy and the narcotics traffic Tue, 05 Apr 2011 23:00:00 +0100 Chapter 3 The Shanghai Opium Commission https://abuse-drug.com/lib/American-Diplomacy-and-the-narcotics-traffic/chapter-3-the-shanghai-opium-commission.html Down to 1939 two major considerations constituted the motive force behind American participation in the international campaign against the drug traffic. To the close of World War I the United States was primarily concerned with helping China rid itself of the vice. During the 1920's America's own problems of dope addiction came to the fore, and these were only remotely related to the situation in the Orient. In the thirties China's problem gradually regained a prominent place in American consider... American Diplomacy and the narcotics traffic Mon, 04 Apr 2011 23:00:00 +0100 Chapter 2 The genesis of the international movement https://abuse-drug.com/lib/American-Diplomacy-and-the-narcotics-traffic/chapter-two-the-genesis-of-the-international-movement.html The nineteenth-century setting out of which the international movement to control the traffic in narcotics arose was not confined to the specific question of opium. A major characteristic of that century was the tendency toward increasing cooperation in the international sphere on a variety of subjects. The Congress of Vienna, the Concert of Europe, the Hague and various other multilateral conferences, and the public international unions consisting of agencies concerned with multifarious problems... American Diplomacy and the narcotics traffic Sun, 03 Apr 2011 23:00:00 +0100 Chapter 1 The United States and the opium problem in the nineteenth century https://abuse-drug.com/lib/American-Diplomacy-and-the-narcotics-traffic/chapter-one-the-united-states-and-the-opium-problem-in-the-nineteenth-century.html The misuse of narcotic drugs is a problem that touches most areas of the world and goes back many centuries. The recognition of the uni-versality of the problem is, however, a rather recent development, and a concerted effort to deal with it on an international level did not begin until the opening of the twentieth century. Not until near the middle of the nineteenth century did the Western world become publicly aware of the problem, and then it was regarded as restricted to the con-sumption of o... American Diplomacy and the narcotics traffic Sat, 02 Apr 2011 23:00:00 +0100 Contents https://abuse-drug.com/lib/American-Diplomacy-and-the-narcotics-traffic/contents.html <a href="index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4466:preface&catid=290&Itemid=7">Preface</a> <a href="index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4468:chapter-one-the-united-states-and-the-opium-problem-in-the-nineteenth-century&catid=290&Itemid=7">Chapter one. The United States and the opium problem in the nineteenth century</a> <a href="index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4490:chapter-two-the-genesis-of-the-international-movement&catid=290&Itemid=7">Chapter two. The genesis of the international movement </a> <a href="index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4521:chapter-3-the-shanghai-opium-commission&catid=290&Itemid=7">Chapter three. The Shanghai Opium Commission</a> <a href="index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4524:chapter-4-the-hague-opium-conferences&catid=290&Itemid=7">Chapter four. The Hague opium conferences</a> <a href="index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4530:chapter-5-opium-as-a-domestic-and-international-issue-1914-1924&catid=290&Itemid=7">Chapter five. Opium as a domestic and international issue, 1914 to 1924</a> <a href="index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4597:chapter-6-tentative-cooperation-with-the-league-of-nations-1921-1924&catid=290&Itemid=7">Chapter six. Tentative cooperation with the League of Nations, 1921—1924</a> <a href="index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4604:chapter-7-the-geneva-opium-conferences&catid=290&Itemid=7">Chapter seven. The Geneva opium conferences</a> <a href="index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4605:chapter-8-sequel-to-geneva-american-isolation-from-the-antidrug-campaign&catid=290&Itemid=7">Chapter eight. Sequel to Geneva: American isolation from the antidrug ca... American Diplomacy and the narcotics traffic Fri, 01 Apr 2011 23:00:00 +0100 Preface https://abuse-drug.com/lib/American-Diplomacy-and-the-narcotics-traffic/preface.html International efforts to control the traffic in narcotic drugs reflect a dualistic interplay of humanitarian and political influences in international relations. It was within the political context of the Opium War that the misuse of opium first attracted widespread attention in the Western world near the middle of the nineteenth century. Opium consumption was regarded then, however, as a problem peculiar to the East, especially China. It was to help China rid itself of this problem and thus take... American Diplomacy and the narcotics traffic Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:00:00 +0100