Tonga's parliament amends its drug law against methamphetamine
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Methamphetamine-targeted amendment with no documented cannabis-specific change.
Changelog d27b2d8
history: close El Salvador, Tonga, Samoa penalty triage as unscored
1991/2003 Salvadoran bands, Tonga 2003 maxima and 2020 meth amendment, Samoa 2006 manufacturing and 2009 penalty-doubling entries all closed with unscored reasons: penalty/maxima shifts within already-scored states, no segment movement.
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Tonga raises drug penalties to 25 and 30 years
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Headline supply-side maxima; user practice per the profile stays fines (possession 1, enforcement 2), so no segment movement.
El Salvador sets a two-gram line
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Threshold bands within the already-scored state (possession 0, cultivation 0, enforcement 1): custody throughout, no segment movement; the 2012 personal-use ruling is profile context.
El Salvador's drug law sets three to six years for possession
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Penalty bands within the already-scored state (possession 0, cultivation 0, enforcement 1); superseded by the 2003 law with no segment movement.
Samoa adds manufacturing and precursor offences
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Supply-side manufacturing/precursor offences with no user-band or access change.
Samoa doubles drug penalties and introduces drug classes
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Maxima doubled within an already-custodial regime (enforcement 1); no profile-band movement documented, health-worker reporting noted.
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@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +# Triage: El Salvador, Tonga, Samoa penalty tightenings closed as unscored + +Research checked on 27 October 2026. Read `DATA-MAINTENANCE.md`, the six +entries with their profiles and timelines. No scores changed; six open +entries now carry unscored reasons. + +## What changed + +- `el-salvador-drug-law-1991` / `el-salvador-drug-law-2003`: penalty and + threshold bands (3-6 years possession, 5-10 growing; then <2g 1-3, ≥2g + 3-6, growing 10-15) within the already-scored state (possession 0, + cultivation 0, enforcement 1); custody throughout, no segment movement. +- `tonga-illicit-drugs-control-act-2003`: headline 25/30-year supply-side + maxima while user practice per the profile stays fines (possession 1, + enforcement 2). `tonga-illicit-drugs-amendment-2020`: meth-targeted, no + cannabis-specific change. +- `samoa-narcotics-amendment-2006`: manufacturing/precursor supply-side + offences. `samoa-narcotics-amendment-2009`: maxima doubled (7 to 14 years + for seed possession) within an already-custodial regime (enforcement 1); + health-worker reporting noted without documented practice change. + +## Validation and tree note + +- Chains `sv`, `to`, `ws`, `history:test`, `answers:test`, production build + to be run before commit. +- Commit stages only these six hunks plus this note, via patch filtering + without stashing. Foreign work in the shared tree stays untouched.