Bahrain’s replacement drug decree raised the maximum prison sentence for supply from three years to ten, with a fine up to 10,000 dinars available instead or alongside imprisonment.[1][2] Personal possession carried up to three years, a fine up to 3,000 dinars, or both, with hospital treatment available instead.[1] The decree expressly listed cannabis and resin, replaced the 1959 ordinance and took effect on publication on 8 March 1973.[1][3]
Listed for context. No score change is recorded for Bahrain here.
References
- United Nations — Bahrain narcotics decree of 1973E/NL.1985/2; original articles 2, 13, 23–24 and 32–33; Schedule 1; issued 27 February 1973archived
- United Nations — Bahrain Control of Dangerous Drugs Ordinance of 1959E/NL.1959/52; ordinance sections 1, 7–10 and Schedule B parts I–II; commencement 2 July 1959
- Bahrain official catalogue — 1973 narcotics decreeGazette 1010, published 8 March 1973; two amendments listed
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