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Bhutan: 2004 article, trafficking terminology and 2 history entries

Call amounts above the Schedule VII threshold illicit trafficking, add three\nNepali/Dzongkha terms, and move the drafted 2004 Penal Code article into\narticles/. Add the 2025 Paro airport sentences and the 2026 Narcotics Rules.

2 history entries added1 country profile edited1 article written1 file of code, design or docs +208 −68 lines

History changes.yaml

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Bhutan countries/bt.yaml

segments › possession › penalties

label Up to 50 g herbal, 7 g hashish or 3 ml hashish oil · treatment criminal · term Illeg … edule VII threshold, label Above the threshold up to twice it · treatment criminal · term Illegal possessionIllicit trafficking · prison min 3 years · prison 5 years · note Fourth-degree felony; section 141A may treat it as substance abuse, label More than twice the threshold · treatment criminal · term Illegal possessionIllicit trafficking · prison min 5 years · prison 9 years · note Third-degree felony

sources

Wiktionary — गाँजा (Nepali) Wiktionary — चरेस (Nepali) 14 unchanged

words

word गाँजा · lang Nepali · say gānjā · meaning cannabis; the ordinary word · sources wikt_ganja, word चरेस · lang Nepali · say charas · meaning cannabis resin; hashish · sources wikt_charas, word ཀེ་ན་བིས · lang Dzongkha · say kenabis · meaning cannabis; the law's transliteration · sources act2018

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docs/research/expansion-2026-10-28-asia-9.md +3 −1
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ Bangladesh and Japan. None was marked busy.
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 | Lebanon | 1946 law sourced, article written, cultivation/enforcement fixes, 4 words, 4 history entries | no licence issued yet | this commit |
-| Bhutan | in progress | | |
+| Bhutan | 2004 article, trafficking terminology, 3 words, 2 history entries | 2023 commercial-hemp report unverified | this commit |
 | Pakistan | in progress | | |
 | Bangladesh | in progress | | |
@@ -17,2 +17,4 @@ Lebanon validation: `profile-audit lb` zero errors and warnings. The 1946 entry
 
 Japan validation: `profile-audit jp` zero errors and warnings. The cultivation-for-profit row no longer invents a ten-year maximum, the medical text says no herbal product has been approved rather than excluding herbal medicine in law, and the 2023 reform entry is dated 6 December with non-Wikipedia sources. Five Japanese terms and four history entries cover 2024–2026; the 475-word article is in `articles/`.
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+Bhutan validation: `profile-audit bt` zero errors and warnings. The possession text and table now call amounts above the Schedule VII threshold illicit trafficking, the profile has three Nepali/Dzongkha terms, and the 2004 Penal Code entry has a 423-word article. Two entries cover the 2025 Paro airport sentences and the 2026 Narcotics Rules.

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