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A score of 100 until the 1985 ban would treat state licensing and shop sale as if India had no cannabis rule. Bengal's 1793 licence and the limited 1896 excise act stay off the national line.
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possession 105 · cultivation 102 · enforcement 105 · sharing 103 · consumption 104 · access 105
Until November 1985 ganja was sold in licensed shops in much of India. India had
defended … 2021/) ministries discussed ending
prison for personal use, without result.
In the index the 1985 ban takes possession dropped from 5 to 10, enforcement from 5 to 2
and access from 5 to 2. The [2001 quantity bands](/history/india-ndps-amendment-2001/)
then raise possession from 0 to 1, which is where [India](/country/in/) remains.
South Africa's 1922 Customs and Excise Duties Amendment Act turned earlier provincial res … an cut [South Africa's](/country/za/) possession, cultivation and consumption scores from 610 to 1. Enforcement fell from 610 to 2, sharing from 510 to 1 and access from 510 to 0. The broad fall reflects a national prohibition reaching every scored part of personal cannabis freedom.
docs/research/history-scope-scores-2026-10-23.md +6 @@ -40,9 +40,10 @@ regional, uncertain, briefly applied smoking ban, with no score. India: 1793, 1896 and the 1925 Central Provinces charas ban are unscored -provincial events. The national line stays at 100 until the Narcotic Drugs -and Psychotropic Substances Act of 14 November 1985, which is the first ban -covering the whole country. It falls from 100 to 11. The 2001 quantity bands -still rise from 11 to 13. Provincial excise notes no longer say that the -chain starts in the licensed regime of 1896. +provincial events, so neither Bengal's licence nor Act XII is a dated +nationwide step. The 1985 ban still starts from the licensed-shop baseline +(40: possession 5, cultivation 2, enforcement 5, sharing 3, consumption 4, +access 5), because state excise and licensed sale in much of the country are +documented and a score of 100 would read as no cannabis rule at all. The ban +falls from 40 to 11. The 2001 quantity bands still rise from 11 to 13. South Africa: the Orange River Colony ordinance, the Cape poison listing and
scripts/history-scope.test.cjs +6 @@ -46,5 +46,6 @@ test("Madagascar's 1787 royal ban does not carry modern national penalties", () }); -test("India's national score starts at the 1985 ban, not a provincial licence", () => { +test("India's provincial excise events do not move the national score", () => { + const licensed = { possession: 5, cultivation: 2, enforcement: 5, sharing: 3, consumption: 4, access: 5 }; for (const id of ["india-bengal-ganja-licences-1793", "india-act-xii-1896", "india-central-provinces-charas-1925"]) { assert.equal(byId[id].before, undefined, id); @@ -55,7 +56,8 @@ test("India's national score starts at the 1985 ban, not a provincial licence", const first = scored("in")[0]; assert.equal(first.id, "india-ndps-act-1985"); - assert.deepEqual(first.before, FREE); - assert.deepEqual(scoreAt("in", 1793), FREE); - assert.deepEqual(scoreAt("in", 1896), FREE); + assert.deepEqual(first.before, licensed); + assert.equal(total(licensed), 40); + assert.deepEqual(scoreAt("in", 1793), licensed); + assert.deepEqual(scoreAt("in", 1896), licensed); });