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The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, (NDPS), 1985, led to the constitution of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). The Bureau has been empowered to coordinate actions by various officers, state governments and other authorities under NDPS Act, Customs Act, Drugs and Cosmetics Act. NCB ... has powers to implement obligations in respect of counter measures against illicit drug traffic under various international conventions and protocols.
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The international community decided in 1961 to include cannabis in the list of controlled drugs under the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, based on the evidence of its harmfulness to health and its dependence liability. Since that time, new technologies have been developed which make it possible to grow increasingly potent cannabis varieties. These may have a content of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active ingredient of the cannabis plant, of up to 25 per cent. Therefore, the Board states that cannabis abuse should by no means be treated as harmless, or even inevitable.
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It would be easy to write off the emaciated string of young pop stars falling into disease, drugs, and arrest as just more rich girl antics. The conventional wisdom is that these girls are just representative of an elite class of Hollywood insiders who have more money and fame than they know what to do with. End of sensationalistic Entertainment Tonight story.
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