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Committee: Narcotics Country: Netherlands Name: Remeny Perez
 * Topic: Drug Trafficking

Background:

The illegal trading of drugs has played a high role in our world. With the high amount of drug addicts in our society, the amount of illegal transportation of drugs has highly increased. When people use drugs that are being smuggled across the world, not only mental problems occur but physical as well. Although some drugs are legal to possess, many are not and people are constantly internationally transporting them. Some countries have even sold drugs that were legal in their country and sold it to other countries where it is illegal. Drugs have many negative effects on people, however the damage that people are doing to their own bodies seems to be insignificant and not worth caring for.

UN Involvement:

The UN International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) was developed as a sort of oversight committee on all things related to drug abuse and drug trafficking. Another group developed known as the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs had discussed their reasoning for the committee and how they might be able to help those in need. Solutions these committees have come up with seem to be very helpful I decreasing the amount of drug users, therefore decreasing the amount of drug transports.

Country Policy and Involvement:

The Netherlands has always been seen as a country that was not completely free of drugs, but not also as a drug needed country. The laws that Netherlands have in place are constantly being misinterpreted and misunderstood. Although the Netherlands country is seen as a well sophisticated country, back in the 20th century it was known as one of the world’s largest cocaine producers. A major significance in the law policy of Netherlands was the // Opium Act. // This act brought a “possession, cultivation, trafficking and importing or exporting” law abiding -country. Although Netherlands has legalized small portions of recreational drugs, it has been believed that it has caused drug users to continue using recreational drugs instead of the hard drugs causing a decrease in the trafficking of drugs.

Solutions:

Although Netherlands is very lenient on their drug policies, it has been going very well for our country. Although Netherlands philosophy works great, it would not work as well with other countries that are main producers, users, etc of drugs. We believe more organizations should be formed to place countries together that would work well together and get things done. There should also be treaties written and ready to be signed for countries that feel the need to ban all drugs or even large amounts etc. Netherland's drug trafficking solutions have been successful, however many countries may not see eye to eye in legalizing recreational drugs for their society. We believe that committees should be made for countries to be interacting with other countries that are not only dealing with the same issues but also with the same background and factors causing their issue.We look forward to meeting with more countries and discussing the international issue. ||