International Opium Commission
Memorial plaque for the International Opium Commission on the facade of the Peace Hotel am Bund .
The International Opium Commission was founded in Shanghai on February 1, 1909 and was one of the first steps in the war on drugs and the basis for today's Narcotics Act .
The assembly of the 13 participating states laid the foundation for the later drug bans in the context of the international opium conference in The Hague in 1912 and the international ban on opium . The intention was to stop the trade and the spread of intoxicants after the two opium wars . The commission was driven by the anti-opium movement in the USA and Great Britain . The USA was represented by Hamilton Wright and Bishop Henry Brent.
However, due to the different interests of the participating states, a concrete result could not be achieved during the assembly.
Nations involved
- Germany (represented by the German Kaiser, King of Prussia )
- United States of America (represented by the President of the USA)
- China (represented by the Emperor of China)
- France (represented by the President of the French Republic)
- Great Britain (represented by the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Overseas Lands)
- India (represented by the Emperor of India)
- Italy (represented by the King of Italy)
- Japan (represented by the Emperor of Japan)
- Netherlands (represented by the Queen of the Netherlands)
- Persia (represented by the Shah of Persia)
- Portugal (represented by the President of the Portuguese Republic)
- Russia (represented by the emperor of all Reussen )
- Siam (represented by the King of Siam)
Web links
Individual references, comments
- ↑ 100 years of international drug prohibition at hanfmuseum.de, accessed on November 29, 2015.
- ↑ International Opium Agreement at eve-rave.net, accessed on November 29, 2015.