Technical Report Series articles from September 2006

Technical Report Series archives from September 2006

1. Introduction.(World Health Organization)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... The WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence met in Geneva from 28 to 31 March 2006. Dr Howard Zucker, Assistant Director-General, Health Technology and Pharmaceuticals, and Dr Hans Hogerzeil, Director of Medicines Policy and Standards,...

2. Critical review of psychoactive substances.(WHO EXPERT COMMITTEE ON DRUG DEPENDENCE)
September 1, 2006... A critical review is conducted by the Expert Committee in any of the following cases: (1) There has been notification from a Party to the 1961 (1) or the 1971 Convention (2) concerning the scheduling of a substance. (2) There has...

3. Pre-review of psychoactive substances.
September 1, 2006... The review of psychoactive substances by WHO is carried out in two steps. The first step is referred to as pre-review; this is a preliminary review carried out by the Committee to determine whether or not a fully documented review (critical...

4. Substances identified for future pre-review.(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... 4.1 Gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) During the pre-review of GHB, the Committee noted information relating to the abuse of GBL itself (convertible to GHB in the body) and suggested this substance for pre-review. 4.2 1,4-Butanediol ...

5. Guidelines for the WHO review of dependence-producing psychoactive substances for international control.
September 1, 2006... 5.1 Amending the current version of the guidelines International control of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances is based on two treaties: the 1961 United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs and the 1971 United Nations...

6. Other matters.(WHO EXPERT COMMITTEE ON DRUG DEPENDENCE)
September 1, 2006... 6.1 Activities of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) Dr Roumen Sedefov, Project Manager for New Drugs and the Scientific Committee at the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)...

Acknowledgements.(WHO EXPERT COMMITTEE ON DRUG DEPENDENCE)
September 1, 2006... The Committee wishes to acknowledge the contribution made to its discussions by Dr A. Ball, Department of HIV/AIDS, and Dr S.N. Pal and Ms C. Scudamore, Department of Medicines Policy and Standards, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland. It also...

References.(WHO EXPERT COMMITTEE ON DRUG DEPENDENCE)
September 1, 2006... (1.) Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, as amended by the 1972 Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961. New York, United Nations, 1972. (2.) Convention on Psychotropic Substances, 1971. New York, United...