history: Belize 2014/2016 gaps, 1985 citations, recreational context

Until the 1980s Belize was the fourth-largest supplier of cannabis to the United States, after Colombia, Mexico and Jamaica.[@1] From the middle of the decade eradication campaigns backed by the United States cut production sharply, and by 1994 it was negligible.[@1]

There is no legal recreational supply: up to 10 g may be possessed and used on private premises, but nothing may be grown or bought since supply of any kind stays a crime.[@act,wiki] Smoking is lawful on private premises with the owner's permission and an offence in public places.[@act] The 2022 commercial-licensing law was shelved after church groups demanded a referendum.[@act,tni]

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