German efforts to achieve coordinated antidrug policies with other countries date from the 1970's and involve agreements regarding provisions in the domestic laws and organized contacts among the respective customs, border, and police officials. This article cites and explains pertinent texts of West German criminal and administrative law, international conventions to which West Germany has been a party, as well as multilateral and bilateral agreements it has signed. Also delineated is Germany's role in international organizations committed to combatting international trafficking of illicit substances. These include the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the International Criminal Police Organization, and various European workgroups, Common Market members, and the United Nations' 5-year action program as well as its Fund for Drug Abuse Control. Footnotes are provided.