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September 8, 2021

INCB, UNODC and WHO Joint Statement on Access to Controlled Medicines in Emergencies

Recognizing World Humanitarian Day 2021, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) once again call on governments to facilitate access to medicines containing controlled substances in emergency settings, .... [Read more]

August 31, 2021

INCB convenes fourth International Expert Meeting on trafficking of dangerous synthetic opioids through postal, express mail, courier and air cargo services

Vienna, 31 August 2021 - The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) is convening its fourth annual operational expert meeting on trafficking dangerous synthetic opioids, fentanyls, and related precursors through postal, express mail, courier and air cargo services ... [Read more]

August 31, 2021

INCB raises awareness on precursor control framework and its tools in a discussion with the Mexican Technical Group for the Control of Synthetic Drugs

VIENNA, 30 August 2021 - The Precursors Control Section of the secretariat of the International Narcotics Control Board (SINCB) held a virtual workshop with the Mexican authorities on 25 August 2021. The event was attended by 150 participants of the Mexican Technical Group for the Control of Synthetic Drugs (GTCDS)... [Read more]

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The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) is the independent and quasi-judicial monitoring body for the implementation of the United Nations international drug control conventions. It was established in 1968 in accordance with the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961. It had predecessors under the former drug control treaties as far back as the time of the League of Nations.

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