[Communicated to the Council and the Members of the League.] C. 490, HE. 333. 1938. XI. [O.C./A.R.1937/104.] (Issued in English only.) Geneva, December 2nd, 1938. LEAGUE OF NATIONS TRAFFIC IN OPIUM AND OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS ANNUAL REPORTS BY GOVERNMENTS FOR 1937 LEEWARD ISLANDS I. Antigua III. Montserrat II. Dominica St. Kitts-Nevis V. Virgin Islands Note by the Secretary-General. In accordance with Article 21 of the Convention of 1931 for limiting the Manufacture and regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs, the Secretary-General has the honour to communicate herewith to the parties to the Convention the above-mentioned report. The report is also communicated to other States and to the Advisory Committee on Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs. (For the form of annual reports, see document O.C.1600.) I. A N TIG U A The following ordinances and regulations are in force : The Dangerous Drugs Ordinance No. 13 of 1926 ; The Dangerous Drugs Amendment Ordinance No. 11 of 1928 ; Statutory Rules and Orders No. 5 of 1927 for controlling and restricting the manufacture, sale, possession and distribution of medicinal opium, crude cocaine, and ecgonine, morphine, and diacetylmorphine, cocaine and their respective salts ; Amendment to Statutory Rules and Orders No. 33 of 1929 ; Statutory Rules and Orders No. 6 of 1927 for controlling and restricting the p ossession, sale, and distribution of raw opium ; Statutory Rules and Orders No. 32 of 1929. Application of part IV of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance 1926 ; Statutory Rules and Orders No. 33 of 1929 for controlling the manufacture, sale, possession and distribution of dihydro-oxycodeinone and dihydro-codeinone, amending Statutory Rules and Orders No. 5 of 1927 ; Statutory Rules and Orders No. 34 of 1929, for controlling the manufacture, sale, possession, and distribution of benzoyl-morphine ; Statutory Rules and Orders No. 4 of 1931. Application of part IV of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance of 1926 (adds di-hydromorphinone) ; Statutory Rules and Orders No. 4 of 1934- Application of part IV of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1926. " The Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1926 (No. 13 of 1926) makes _provisions for regulating the importation, exportation, manufacture, sale and use of opium and other dangerous drugs. Part I makes it unlawful to plant the opium poppy, restricts the importation and exportation of raw opium except under licence, and gives the Governor power to regmate production of and dealings in raw opium. 3534 S. a. N. 680.12/38. Imp. Réunies, Chambéry.
Part I I prohibits the importation and exportation of prepared opium, and imposes penalties for manufacture, selling, using, etc., prepared opium. Part I I I prohibits the planting of cannabis sativa, selling and dealing in, etc., Indian hemp. Part I V restricts importation and exportation except under licence and gives the Governor-in-Council power to make regulations for controlling the manufacture, sale possession and distribution of medicinal opium, crude cocaine, and ecgonine, morphine and diacetylmorphine, cocaine and their respective salts and preparations and any new derivative of morphine or cocaine or of their salts or any alkaloid of opium or any other drug likely to be productive, if improperly used, of ill-effects similar or analogous to those produced by morphine or cocaine. Part V prohibits the transhipment of these drugs, requires such drugs to be deposited in stores appointed by the Governor, gives power of inspection, search and arrest, and prescribes penalties for offences against the ordinance. 3. There have been no publications, official or unofficial, likely to be of interest to the Advisory Committee. II. Administration. 1. There have been no modifications in the administrative arrangements for the execution of the international Conventions. 2. No cases of addiction have been discovered. III. Control of International Trad,e. 1. The system for the control of imports of opium and other dangerous drugs has worked satisfactorily and there have been no difficulties. No export authorisations have been issued. 2. The Governor is the authority responsible for issuing import certificates and export authorisations. 3. Import certificates are issued subject to the following conditions : that the Governor is satisfied that the consignment in question is required exclusively for legitimate, scientific and medicinal purposes and that re-export will not be permitted except to another dominion, colony or protectorate upon the production of a certificate issued under the authority of the Government of the territory to which re-export is desired declaring that the drugs to be imported are to be used exclusively for legitimate, scientific and medicinal purposes and will not again be re-exported. No export authorisation, diversion or transit certificates have been issued. 4. Antigua is not an exporting country. 5. No case of forged or falsified import certificates or export authorisations have come to our knowledge. 6. No difficulties have arisen with regard to transit, etc. Transhipment is prohibited under the ordinance. 7. No trade in opium and other dangerous drugs has taken place with countries which have not adopted the system of import certificates. 8. No Indian hemp has been imported. International Co-operation. 1. No international treaties or agreements have been concluded. 2. No new points of interest or importance, with regard to international co-operation with the Governments, have arisen. V. Illicit Traffic. 1. No illicit traffic has been discovered. 2. Antigua is not a country where the opium poppy, the coca plant or Indian hemp are cultivated. 3. No prosecutions. 4. No confiscations of opium and other dangerous drugs have been necessary. VII. Raw Opium. B. Raw M aterials. 1. The opium poppy is not cultivated in Antigua ; its cultivation is prohibited undei the ordinance. 2. No opium is produced. 3. Antigua is not a country which standardises raw opium. 4. No opium poppy is grown. 5. The opium poppy is not cultivated and none has been imported. 7. No opium alkaloids are manufactured.
VIII. Coca Leaf. 1 and 3. No coca leaf is cultivated. 2 and 5. There is no production. 4. No coca leaf is cultivated. There is no wholesale trade in coca leaf and no licences have been granted. IX. Indian Hemp. 1. The Indian hemp plant does not grow wild in Antigua. 2. Its cultivation is prohibited under the ordinance. 3. Not applicable to Antigua. 4. No illicit traffic has been detected. 5. production of the resin is prohibited under the ordinance. Possession of the resin is prohibited ; the Government does not hold any stocks. 6. The use of Indian hemp and of the resin is not permitted under the ordinance. Provisions of the ordinance do not extend to galenical preparations (extract and tincture) made from the plant, but none have been imported in recent years. 7. There is no production, trade or use of Indian hemp or of the resin. 8. There have been no developments as regards the use of galenical preparations (extract and tincture) of Indian hemp. X. Internal Control of Manufactured Drugs. C. M anufactured Drugs. 1. The manufacture of drugs specified in part IV of the ordinance and subsequently added by Orders-in-Council is prohibited except under licence ; no such licences have been issued. The manufacture of prepared opium is expressly prohibited by the ordinance. 2. No licences for the manufacture or of trade in dangerous drugs have been issued. 3. There are no factories authorised to manufacture any dangerous drugs. 4. (a) Duly qualified medical practitioners, dentists, veterinary surgeons, and qualified druggists are the only persons permitted to use or have in their possession dangerous drugs. There are no licensed wholesalers, or pharmaceutical firms manufacturing preparations for the wholesale trade. (b) The Senior Medical Officer and police have power to enter the premises of any person carrying on the business of a producer, manufacturer, seller or distributor, and to demand the production of and to inspect any books relating to dealings in any such drugs, and to inspect stocks of any such drugs. They make periodical (usually quarterly) visits of inspection to doctors, dentists, druggists and veterinarians, who are permitted to have such drugs in their possession, and inspect their books. D. Other Questions. XI. Chapter I V of the Hague Opium Convention of 1912. The Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1926, replaced legislation ordained in 1913 and 1914 to give effect to the provisions of the international Opium Convention signed at The Hague on the 23rd day of January 1912. XII. Prepared Opium. 1. The habit of smoking opium does not exist. 2. No action has been necessary to enforce the law. 3 and 4. No confiscations. March 24th, 1938.
4 II. DOM INICA II. No new legislation was passed and no publications, official or unofficial, were issued. Administration. 1. There have been no modifications in the administrative arrangements for the execution of the international Conventions. 2. No cases of addiction have come to our notice. III. Control of International Trade. 1. The system for the control of imports of opium and other dangerous drugs has worked satisfactorily and there have been no difficulties. No export authorisations have been issued. 2. The Governor remains the authority responsible for issuing import certificates and export authorisations. 3. Import certificates have been issued in accordance with the prescribed conditions. No export authorisations, diversion or transit certificates have been issued. 4. Dominica is not an exporting country. 5- No case of forged or falsified import certificates or export authorisations has come to our knowledge. 6. No difficulties have arisen with regard to transit, etc. Transhipment is forbidden under the ordinance. 7. No trade in opium and other dangerous drugs has taken place with countries which have not adopted the system of import certificates. 8. No Indian hemp has been imported. International Co-operation. 1. No international treaties or agreements have been concluded during the year. 2. No new points of interest or importance as regards co-operation with other Governments have arisen. V. Illicit Traffic. 1. No cases of illicit traffic have come to our notice. 2. The opium poppy, the coca plant and Indian hemp are not cultivated in Dominica. 3- There have been no prosecutions or convictions for illicit manufacture, etc. 4- No cases of illicit traffic have been discovered. 5. No confiscations of opium or other dangerous drugs have been necessary. 6. No illicit traffic has been discovered. B. Raw M aterials. VII. Raw Opium. VIII. Coca Leaf. IX. Indian Hemp. Neither the opium poppy, the coca plant nor Indian hemp is cultivated in Dominica. No change has occurred during 1937 in the position as regards any of these raw materials. X. Internal Control of Manufactured Drugs. C. M anufactured Drugs. 1. Manufacture is prohibited except under licence. The manufacture of prepared opium is expressly prohibited. 2. No licences for the manufacture of, or trade in, dangerous drugs have been issued. 3. There are no factories authorised to manufacture any dangerous drugs. 4. (a) Duly qualified medical practitioners, dentists, veterinary surgeons and q u alified druggists are the only persons perm itted to use or have in their possession any dangerous drugs. There are no licensed wholesalers or pharmaceutical firms manufacturing p r e p a r a tio n s for the wholesale trade. (b) The police have power under the ordinance to enter the premises of any per carrying on the business of a producer, manufacturer, seller or distributor and to demand the production of, and to inspect any stocks of, any such drugs. They have made quarterly visits of inspection to doctors, dentists, druggists and veterinarians who are permitted to have such drugs in their possession and inspected their books.
D. Other Questions. XI. Chapter I V of the Hague Opium Convention of 1912. The Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1927, replaced legislation ordained in 1913 and 1914 to give effect to the provisions of the international Opium Convention signed at The Hague on the 23rd day of January 1912. XII. Prepared Opium. 1. The habit of smoking opium does not exist. 2. No action has been necessary to enforce the law. 3 and 4. There have been no confiscations. January 7th, 1938. The Acting Chief Medical Officer. III. M ONTSERRAT 1. The following new laws were made during the year : (a) Montserrat. The Dangerous Drugs (General Legislature Competency) Ordinance No. 5 of 1937 ; (b) Leeward Islands. The Dangerous Drugs Act, 1937, No. 23 of 1937. 2. Montserrat Ordinance No. 5 of 1937 empowers the General Legislature of the Leeward Islands to pass laws with respect to dangerous drugs. Leeward Islands Act No. 23 of 1937 regulates the importation, exportation, production, manufacture, sale and use of opium and other dangerous drugs and substances, and provides for the control of the external trade in dangerous drugs. This Act repeals Montserrat Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1927 (No. 2 of 1927) and Montserrat Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1927, Amendment Ordinance, 1929 (No. 2 of I929) 3. No publications, official or unofficial likely to be of interest to the Opium Advisory Committee were issued during the year. II. Administration. 1. (a) No modifications in the administrative arrangements for the execution of the international Conventions were made during the year. (b) No development took place as regards the organisation and working of the special administration referred to in Article 15. (c) No difficulties were encountered in the application of any of the Conventions. 2. There have been no new developments regarding drug addiction in the Presidency. There are no known drug addicts. III. Control of International Trade. 1. The system of import certificates for the control of imports of opium and other dangerous drugs has worked satisfactorily during the year 1937. There were no exports of dangerous drugs and hence no export authorisations were issued. 2. There has been no change in the authority responsible for issuing import certificates and export authorisations, etc. These are issued by the Commissioner of the Presidency. 3. There have been no modifications in the conditions of issue of import certificates and export authorisations. 4. There have been no exports from the Presidency. 5- No cases of forged or falsified import certificates have come to the knowledge of the authorities during the year. 6. No difficulties have arisen with regard to transit, transhipment or diversion. 7. There has been no trading with countries which have not adopted the system of import certificates with respect to opium and other dangerous drugs. 8. No Indian hemp has been imported during the year.
6 International Co-operation. 1. The Presidency takes no part in the framing of international treaties or agreements 2. There have been no new points of interest as regards co-operation with other Governments. V. Illicit Traffic. 1. 4 and 6. There has been no evidence of any illicit traffic in dangerous drugs, individual or organised, during the year 1937. 2. The opium poppy, coca plant and Indian hemp are not cultivated in this island. 3. There were no cases of illicit manufacture or export during the year, and consequently no prosecutions. 5. No dangerous drugs were confiscated in the Presidency during the year. VII. VIII. IX. Raw Opium. B. Raw M aterials. The opium poppy is not cultivated and no raw opium is produced. Coca Leaf. The coca plant is not cultivated. Indian Hemp. The Indian hemp plant does not grow wild in the island of Montserrat and it is not cultivated. There have been no developments in regard to the use of galenical preparations. X. Internal Control of Manufactured Drugs. C. M anufactured Drugs. 1. There has been no manufacture of dangerous drugs of any kind during the year. 2. Pharmacists trading in dangerous drugs have been granted licences for this purpose. There have been no modifications made in the system. 3. There are no factories authorised to manufacture dangerous drugs. 4. (a) The persons authorised to possess and use dangerous drugs are duly qualified medical practitioners, registered dentists and licensed pharmacists. (b) Retail pharmacists keep records of their sales, and these are open to inspection b the local police or any other person appointed by the Commissioner of the Presidency. XII. Prepared Opium. D. Other Questions. There were no opium-smokers in the Presidency during the year 1937 and consequently there has been no need for any measures to enforce the laws which prohibit this practice. Medical Department, Plymouth, Montserrat, British West Indies. February 1938. ST. K IT T S-N E V IS The Dangerous Drugs (General Legislature Competency) Ordinance, 1937 No. 4 of 1937- No other change. St. Kitts-Nevis, L. M e l b u r n, British West Indies. Senior Medical Officer and Medical Officer of Health. January 6th, 1938.
V. V IRG IN ISLANDS 1. The following new law was issued during the year : Leeward Islands, No. 23 of 1937. 2. An Act to regulate the importation, exportation, production, manufacture, sale and use of opium and other dangerous drugs and substances and to provide for the control of external trade in dangerous drugs. 3. There have been no publications during the year. II. Administration. 1. (a) There have been no modifications in the administrative arrangements for the execution of the international Conventions. As previously, the Commissioner is solely responsible. (b) There have been no developments as regards the organisation and working of the special administration referred to in Article 15. (c) There have been no difficulties encountered in the application of the Conventions. 2. There has been no drug addiction in the Presidency. III. Control of International Trade. 1. The system of import certificates worked satisfactorily during the year. There is no exportation of dangerous drugs. 2. There has been no change in authority for issuing import certificates ; these are issued only by the Commissioner. No authority to export has ever been given. 3. No change. 4. The Virgin Islands are not an exporting country. 5. There have been no cases of forged or falsified certificates. 6. No difficulties were experienced with regard to transit, transhipment, etc. All goods have to be transhipped at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, United States of America. 7. There has been no trade in dangerous drugs with any country but England. 8. There have been no changes in the application of special import certificates for Indian hemp and, as none has been imported, no difficulties have arisen. International Co-operation. I- No international treaties or agreements were concluded. 2. No new points of importance as regards co-operation with other Governments. ^ Illicit Traffic. i- There has been no suspicion of any illicit traffic during the year. 2. The opium poppy, the coca leaf or Indian hemp is not grown in the Presidency of the Virgin Islands. 3' There were no prosecutions for illicit manufacture or possession of any dangerous drugs. 4- There were no im portant cases of illicit drug traffic nor any single case. 5' There were no confiscation of drugs. 6- No information is available as to prices or adulterations. B. Raw M aterials. VII. Raw opium. V III. Coca Leaf. IX. Indian Hemp. None of these are grown in the Presidency nor are any raw materials imported.
X. Internal Control of Manufactured Drugs. C. M anufactured Drugs. r, 2 and 3. No dangerous drugs are locally manufactured or refined. 4. (a) In the small Presidency of the Virgin Islands, it is only necessary for the medical officer who is in charge of the Government Hospital to keep a stock of dangerous drugs and for one local dentist to import a small quantity of cocaine for use in his practice. There is one chemist carrying on a retail business who has never applied for a certificate to import dangerous drugs, and, indeed, it would be unnecessary to grant one, as the medical officer alone prescribes these drugs, which are carefully dispensed at the hospital. (b) Under the circumstances mentioned in (a), there is no difficulty in keeping a str check on hospital drugs, which are under the care of the matron of the hospital and dispensed only on the orders of the medical officer who constantly supervises the stock and registers. Only a very limited annual supply is obtained. The one dentist imports 12 oz. of a preparation called no paine Î, containing 1%. cocaine hydrochloride on each certificate, and receives a supply two or three times a year. As he serves a population of 6,000, this quantity could not possibly-be used for any other purpose than dental anaesthesia. Regular inspections are made of his stock and register, which have always been found satisfactorj^. XII. Prepared Opium. D. Other Questions. 1. There is no opium smoked in the Virgin Islands. 2. No action has been necessary to enforce the Opium Laws. 3 and 4. No opium has been confiscated. (Signed) D. P. W a il l in g,. Medical Officer.