Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs/archive1

Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs

Self-nom. The article covers the Single Convention pretty thoroughly, documenting its key role in the rise of global drug prohibition. Rad Racer | Talk 17:46, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Object for now based on our previous conversation Rad, will support once thats mostly taken care of.  ALKIVAR™ 19:21, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• OK, I took care of the objections to the extent possible, but there's not much I can do about the newsprint photo unless the UNODC responds to my request for images, or we can find some better way to find them than Google Image Search. Thanks for the help, Rad Racer | Talk 21:15, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • Getting there!... list as currently stands:

1. find a replacement for that godawful b&w newsprint image.

   or remove it entirely

   OK, I killed it. Rad Racer | Talk 04:04, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

2. medical and recreational use needs some expanding, or a link to another article more sufficient.
3. penal provisions is a bit brief

   better, but still seems brief, i'd like to see a list/link to a list of how different members prosecute under this policy. How they enforce it.

   OK, I added a cursory review of national drug policies. Since there are 180 Parties to the treaty, I won't be able to cover all of them there; a separate article would be needed to do it justice. Rad Racer | Talk 12:11, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

4. although Schedule IV is the most important, we should be NPOV and list them numerically, and explain them numerically.
5. limitations section seems a bit too terse, i'd want it beefed up a paragraph or two, theres lots of concepts that can be broadened in there. EXCELLENT! this covers most of my why?'s
6. legal commentary/ammendments are too short to deserve their own sections, perhaps they can be expanded or merged into another section?
7. related treaties, could you perhaps specify what they were designed to fix/target?

OK, I covered the Convention on Psychotropic Substances in the Limitations section and the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances in the History section. Rad Racer | Talk 12:33, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• Why are we yelling here? Denni☯ 03:31, 2005 Apr 5 (UTC)
  • Thank you . Denni☯ 01:37, 2005 Apr 6 (UTC)

Strongly support- there is an urgent need for this subject matter to be brought to light. I especially like the detail given to the scheduling section and the regulation of cannabis- very informative! Tparker393 15:10, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• I throw in my support. Great article, and I especially like all the pictures! Good Work. --Howrealisreal 16:05, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• Support. Very well researched, especially given how little attention the treaty gets. No one has a full understanding of the reason for marijuana and narcotics's illegal status without reading about this treaty.

User:Mr. Bobo. 5:42pm, 10 Apr 2005

• Support. Although one thing I would like cleared up before going ahead. The quote in Manufacturing states group is unattributed. Is it from the text or an editorial interpretation? Alex 13 Apr 2005
  • The section on the five factions was taken from the Canadian Senate committee report, which in turn took that information, and that brief quote (about the manufacturing states group's strategy to "shift as much of the regulatory burden as possible to the raw-material-producing states while retaining as much of their own freedom as possible"), from W.B. McAllister's 1999 book, Drug Diplomacy in the Twentieth Century: An international history. The citations have now been added. SonicSynergy 03:22, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)