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of 1925. He convinced the League of
Nations to intervene in three conferences (1925: Certificate system- the exporter could only sell to a legitimate importer. This was intended to dry up the flow into the market; 1931: Limited production of manufactured drugs, illicit factories then began; 1936: Law
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Governing body. He was also influential in reorganised the Factory Department and establishing an industrial museum, the Home Office Industrial Museum, to promote worker safety, health and welfare. Delevingne was sent as part of the British delegation to international
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drugs. He believed that the key to narcotics control lay in curbing their supply and that the drug trade was "a great evil which must be fought." He convinced his colleagues that growers and manufacturers must be forced to cut back production to designated levels. He never gave up on promoting
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enforcement issue, this involved the extradition of drug smugglers and co-operation between countries.) Delevingne continued to promote the prosecution of illicit drug businesses.
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