The Netherlands Antilles' ordinance of 30 July 1929 on opium and other narcotics (P.B. 1940, no. 138) is the earliest Antillean drug law traced here.[1] Aruba belonged to the colony — the Antilles succeeding the Dutch colony of Curaçao and Dependencies, with Aruba leaving only in 1986 — so the colony-wide ordinance is also Aruba's first traced restriction.[2] The 1960 Opium Ordinance replaced it; that ordinance was signed on 28 March 1960 and took effect on 1 June 1964.[1][3]
Score by segment 0 to 10
- Possession · 25%10 → 3−7
- Personal cultivation · 25%10 → 1−9
- Punishment & enforcement · 20%10 → 4−6
- Sharing & gifting · 10%10 → 1−9
- Consumption · 10%10 → 2−8
- Legal access · 10%10 → 0−10
The bar shows the score after the change; the tick marks where it stood before. Aruba's scores have changed again since.
References
- Netherlands Antilles — Archived Opium Ordinance consolidationNotes state the 1960 ordinance replaces the ordinance of 30 July 1929 (P.B. 1940, no. 138) on opium and other narcoticsarchived
- Wikipedia — Netherlands Antillesarchived
- Overheid.nl — Netherlands Antilles Opium Ordinance commencement historyOriginal signed 28 March 1960 (P.B. 1960, no. 65), in force 1 June 1964 under decree of 29 April 1964archived
Checked. The date and the event were compared with a source that was read. The score before the change is an editorial estimate.