Palau toughens its drug law
unscored
Reports concern methamphetamine and do not establish how marijuana penalties changed; no scored cannabis-specific change.
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Reports concern methamphetamine and do not establish how marijuana penalties changed; no scored cannabis-specific change.
The 2001 law underpins today's prohibition (profile summary and Article 63 text); no user-band change against the 1925-based floor, so the estimate retains the first drop.
The 1989 regime was superseded by the 2020 Criminal Code behind today's scores (profile; Articles 16 to 30 repealed); no remaining band movement.
docs/research/history-ht-hn-pw-triage-2026-10-26.md +38 @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +# Triage: Haiti 2001, Honduras 1989 and Palau 2026 closed as reviewed + +Research checked on 26 October 2026. Read `DATA-MAINTENANCE.md` (triage and +timeline rules), the three entries with their profiles and timelines before +editing. No web search was needed: all three decisions rest on the entries' +already-checked sources and the current profiles. Three open triage items +closed with `unscored` reasons; no scores, profiles or timelines changed. + +## What changed + +- `haiti-drug-law-2001` (2001-09-24, tightening): `unscored` — the 2001 + law underpins today's prohibition (profile summary and Article 63 text); + no user-band change against the 1925-based floor, so the estimate + retains the first drop. +- `honduras-drug-law-1989` (1989-12-13, tightening): `unscored` — the 1989 + regime was superseded by the 2020 Criminal Code behind today's scores + (profile; Articles 16 to 30 repealed); no remaining band movement. +- `palau-drug-law-2026` (2026-05-07, tightening): `unscored` — reports + concern methamphetamine and do not establish how marijuana penalties + changed; no scored cannabis-specific change. + +Triage now reports HT, HN and PW at 0 open each. + +## Not done here + +- Nicaragua's 1999 Ley 285 reform was examined and left open: the profile + reflects the later 2010 Law 735 regime while the chain carries only the + 1964 step, so scoring or closing 1999 needs a 1964/1999/2010 penalty + comparison first. It is real research, not a triage reason. + +## Validation and tree note + +- Chains `ht`, `hn`, `pw`: unchanged, 0 flagged steps. +- `npm run history:test`: 40 pass, 0 fail. `npm run answers:test`: 40 + pass, 0 fail. Production build: 4,349 pages, complete. +- Commit stages only the three `unscored` hunks in changes.yaml plus this + note, via patch filtering. Foreign work in the shared tree is excluded + and preserved.