Cannabis Freedom Index

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Asia-4: record the batch result, validation and remaining gaps

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 Sri Lanka validation: `profile-audit lk` zero errors/warnings; `country-gaps lk` has no missing sections, tables or citations. The profile now states that no cannabis offence carries death, adds the 2026 high-seas limit and the August 2026 death-penalty discussion, updates arrests to 262,321 drug arrests and 76,058 cannabis arrests in 2025 plus 27,833 in January–May 2026, and raises the 2025 seizure figure to 17,193 kg. It records the May 2023 Katunayake pilot before the 2024 Cabinet decision, and the 2026 scheduling/bail bill is described precisely. Twelve entries cover 1984–2026.
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+## Batch result
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+All five countries are committed. Final totals: 70 history entries added or corrected
+(Afghanistan 16, Maldives 14, Nepal 18, India 10, Sri Lanka 12). Every profile has zero
+`profile-audit` errors and warnings, no missing standard or researched sections, no missing penalty
+tables and no uncited text.
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+Remaining gaps:
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+- **Afghanistan:** the 2026 Penal Code was signed and circulated but not gazetted by February 2026; the 1930s–1940s and 1980s remain empty; no cannabis execution was found.
+- **Maldives:** the 2025 amendment’s new subsection number and exact commencement day were not available; the 1980s remain empty; no national herb/resin split.
+- **Nepal:** the Rana era and 1900s–1950s remain empty; Gandaki’s law is authenticated but not commenced; the Motor Vehicles Act drug-driving trigger was not verified.
+- **India:** no cannabis-specific death sentence was found in 2024–2026; state bhang rules and Gujarat/Karnataka entries still need primary sources.
+- **Sri Lanka:** the October 2026 bills were not certified by 28 October; no 2024 decriminalisation law was found; the Ayurvedic supply figures are not established.

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