DRUG PRECURSORS
March 1st, 2003
BY PHILIP FINE
IN its comprehensive annual report on worldwide drugs activities, the US
government is asking foreign countries to be more transparent with information on
their legal chemical industries that might be useful in controlling the production and trade in illicit drug precursors.
The recently released International Narcotics Control Strategy Report of
2002 blames official negligence for allowing many legal bulk chemicals ending up in the hands of illicit drug manufacturers. The report says many countries consider chemical control a trade issue and ...
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