Cocaine and the British Empire: The Drug and the Diplomats at the Hague Opium Conference, 1911–12.

This article will consider the reasons for the inclusion of cocaine in the Hague Opium Convention of 1912. This was the first time that the emerging international drugs regulatory system considered substances other than opiates and it was British delegates who took the initiative to include cocaine...

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Published in:	Journal of Imperial & Commonwealth History Vol. 42; no. 3; pp. 400 - 420
Main Author:	Mills, James H.
Format:	Proceedings
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep2014
Subjects:	Cocaine Drug traffic History of treaties Opium Diplomacy Imperialism British colonies British politics & government, 1910-1936 Twentieth century History Asia
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