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Unlawful drug use/possession (ICCS 060111)
“UNLAWFUL DRUG USE/POSSESSION” (ICCS 060111) means “Unlawful possession, purchase or use of controlled drugs for personal consumption”. “Controlled drugs” are narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances scheduled as such under the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, as amended, and the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances

[Source: International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes (ICCS), UNODC, Mar 2015, p.63, incl. footnote 98. Web: http://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/ICCS/ICCS_English_2016_web.pdf]
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