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IN the Norman Kerr Memorial Lecture on this subject published in the January issue of the British Journal of Inebriety, Sir Malcolm Delevingne, late Deputy Permanent Under-Secretary of State and British representative on the Opium Advisory Committee of the League of Nations, showed that the international treatment of the problem during the last fourteen years has afforded a striking example of what can be accomplished in a difficult field by international co-operation, aided by the machinery of the League of Nations. After a historical sketch of the subject with special reference to the conferences at the Hague and Geneva, he dealt with the present position, showing that a system of control over the export and import trade is in operation, which if universally and effectively adopted is practically watertight. The illicit traffic however still continues to flourish, owing to a resort having been made to clandestine sources of supply or to parts of the world where control is less strict or nonexistent. In dealing in conclusion with the medical and scientific aspects of the problem, Sir Malcolm briefly alluded to the treatment and after-care of the addict, the possibility of replacing the drugs wholly or partly by less dangerous substances, the rate of consumption of the drugs in different countries, and the question as to whether new drugsare habitforming or not.
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International Aspects of Drug Addiction. Nature 135, 114 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135114b0
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