The Technical publication on Narcotic Drugs contains information about the licit movement of the internationally controlled narcotic drugs included in the Schedules of the 1961 Convention on Narcotic Drugs. This includes information on cultivation of opiate raw materials, on extraction of alkaloids from opium and from poppy straw and concentrate of poppy straw, on the manufacture of and international trade in narcotic drugs and on consumption of narcotic drugs globally as well as in individual countries/territories. The publication also contains the estimated requirements in narcotic drugs for each country and territory.