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It is the duty of all countries to adopt reasonable measures to prevent the departure of shipments of opium to any country which prohibits its entry; that drastic measures should be taken by each government in its own territories to control the manufacture, sale, and distribution of the drug; that
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The meeting was designated a 'commission' rather a conference, although this was the preference of the United States. Having the status of a conference would have given it the power to draft regulations to which signatory states would be bound by international
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all governments possessing settlements in China shall take effective action toward the closing of opium divans in the said settlements.
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A plaque which commemorates International Opium Commission, outside of the Peace Hotel on the
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headed the U.S. delegation. Brent was elected president of the commission.
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1909 international meeting in Shanghai to regulate the global drug trade
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The meeting united the attending nations behind the cause of
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that represented one of the first steps toward international
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was a meeting convened on February 1 to February 26, 1909 in
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Index


Bund
Shanghai
drug prohibition
Hamilton Wright
Charles Henry Brent

Paul S. Reinsch
opium
International Opium Convention
Hampden Coit DuBose


"Diplomatic Affairs and International Law, 19091"
doi
10.2307/1944408
hdl
2027/wu.89101141414
ISSN
1537-5943
JSTOR
1944408
S2CID
251094901
UK Drugs and UK Drug Laws: 1900-1939
Categories
Drug policy organizations
Drug control treaties
1909 in Shanghai
1909 in law

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