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SUPPRESSION OF ABUSE OF OPIUM AND OTHER DRUGS

  • Convention and final protocol signed at The Hague January 23, 1912; final protocol of Second International Opium Conference signed at The Hague July 9, 1913; final protocol of Third International Opium Conference signed at The Hague June 25, 1914; protocol respecting the putting into force of the convention, opened for signature at The Hague (signed for the United States February 11, 1915)
  • Senate advice and consent to ratification (convention and protocols of 1912 and 1913) October 18, 1913
  • Ratified by the President of the United States October 27, 1913
  • Ratification of the United States deposited at The Hague December 15, 1913
  • Entered into force February 11, 1915
  • Proclaimed by the President of the United States March 3, 1915
  • Supplemented and amended, as between contracting parties, by the convention of July 13, 1931,[1] as amended, and the protocols of December 11, 1946,[2] November 19, 1948,[3] and June 23, 1953[4]
  • Terminated by the single convention on narcotic drugs of March 30, 1961,[5] as between contracting parties to the single convention

38 Stat. 1912, Treaty Series 612; 1914 For. Rel. 938 and 939

[TRANSLATION]

International Opium Convention

His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia in the name of the German Empire; The President of the United States of America; His Majesty the Emperor of China; The President of the French Republic; His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and


  1. TS 863, post.
  2. TIAS 1671, post.
  3. 2 UST 1629; TIAS 2308.
  4. 14 UST 10; TIAS 5273.
  5. 18 UST 1407; TIAS 6298.
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