Changelog 27 October 2026 f3ac30c

Sweep Belize: date and detail the 1928 ordinance, add 1954 convictions wave

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History changes.yaml

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Ganja convictions climb in British Honduras despite stiff penalties 1954

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British Honduras passes its Dangerous Drugs Ordinance

date

1928-08-23

description

~~The Dangerous Drugs~~ Ordinance ~~, 1928 (~~No. 22 of 1928~~) was~~, dated 23 August, consolidated and amended the colony's ~~narcotics~~opium and dangerous-drugs law.[@2] It defined the drugs in its purview, prohibited cultivating, possessing and selling certain plants, banned importing, exporting and transshipping raw opium and other drugs, and admitted medicinal opium, cocaine and the like under licence.[@2] A 1947 order under it added preparations made from extract or tincture of Indian hemp to the controlled drugs. ~~The filing does not reproduce the law itself, so its exact treatment of cannabis is not confirmed here.~~[@1]

sources

Board of Trade Journal, 27 September 1928 — British Honduras Dangerous Drugs Ordinance notice 1 unchanged

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docs/research/history-belize-sweep-2026-10-27.md +15 −0

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+# Belize country sweep: 1928 upgrade + 1954 enforcement item
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+- Upgraded `british-honduras-dangerous-drugs-1928`: exact date 23 August
+  1928 (Board of Trade Journal gazette notice), consolidating character,
+  cultivation/possession/sale prohibitions, import/export/transshipment
+  bans, medicinal licensing. Added the Journal (archive.org scan, read)
+  as second source.
+- New `belize-ganja-convictions-rise-1954` (enforcement, unscored):
+  colonial annual report via UFDC (read): ganja growing/selling/use rising
+  despite penal action; 1954 suppression drive, heavy sentences, convictions
+  7 (1950) → 23 (1954), vendors targeting youths.
+- St Vincent 1948 amendment (E/NL.1949/11, read: amidone/metopon added to
+  s.13(1)) logged but NOT added as an entry — technical, cannabis-irrelevant.
+- Chain bz 0 flagged; the 1928→2017 scored gap stands (no scored step
+  found in between).