WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 03rd March, 2020) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement James Walsh plans to propose expanded private-public partnerships in the next decade's drug-fighting strategy at an upcoming meeting of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), the State Department said in a press release.
"The United States will utilize the high-level, international platform of the CND to promote a balanced and comprehensive approach to drug control for the next decade.� In this context, the United States will support the efforts of the CND to consider questions on the international scheduling of cannabis while preserving the integrity of this important science-driven process," the release said on Monday.
The United States will also urge the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs to build public-private partnerships to address the production, trafficking, and illicit diversion of drugs and their precursors, the release added.
In addition, the United States plans a vote to place 13 dangerous and harmful substances under international control, including 12 new psychoactive substances, according to the release.
