Indeed, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has called attention to this issue in a recent report to the Commission on Narcotic Drugs.

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Thursday, 5 November, to consider the results of the high-level segment of the fifty-second session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs and conclude its consideration of the Report of the Human Rights Council on its Twelfth Special Session.

UN: General Assembly

The United States of America and the Russian Federation intend to increase cooperation in addressing the world drug problem, so as to radically reduce production and consumption of illicit drugs, as affirmed by resolutions of the UN General Assembly and the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House