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4.1.3 Option 2 – changes to PreambleUnder Option 2, Parties would be free to permit regulated non-medical and nonscientificuse of narcotic drugs. Therefore, as under Option 1, the reference in thePreamble to limiting narcotic drugs to medical and scientific use should also be replacedwith a reference to ensuring the availability of such drugs for medical and scientific use.As under Option 1, it is proposed that a reference to preventing illicit traffic should beinserted in the preamble to indicate that an aim of the Convention would continue to beto prevent international and domestic traffic in drugs in breach of applicable controlmeasures, and to prevent export of drugs to countries which do not have legal domesticmarkets.4.1.4 Amendment of Preamble under Option 1 or 2Under both Option 1 and Option 2, the following amendments should be made to thepreamble:1. In the paragraph of the preamble beginning ‘Desiring’, for ‘limiting such drugs to’,substitute ‘ensuring the availability of such drugs for’.2. After ‘medical and scientific use,’, insert ‘preventing illicit traffic in such drugs,’.The Parties…PreambleDesiring to conclude a generally acceptable international convention replacing existingtreaties on narcotic drugs, limiting such drugs to ensuring the availability of such drugsfor medical and scientific use, preventing illicit traffic in such drugs, and providing forcontinuous international co-operation and control for the achievement of such aims andobjectives,Hereby agree as follows:’4.2 Article 1(1)(x) – definition of stocksArticle 1(1) [Existing text]x) “Stocks” means the amounts of drugs held in a country or territory and intended for:i) Consumption in the country or territory for medical and scientific purposes;ii) Utilisation in the country or territory for the manufacture of drugs and othersubstances, or80