From 1793 anyone retailing ganja in Bengal, which included today's Bangladesh, had to buy a licence from the local colonial officer. Once licensed, a seller could buy as much as he wanted from the growers and sell it where he liked; the Company cared about the income, not about how much was grown or smoked.[1]
Score by segment 0 to 10
- Possession · 25%10 → 10
- Personal cultivation · 25%10 → 10
- Punishment & enforcement · 20%10 → 10
- Sharing & gifting · 10%10 → 9−1
- Consumption · 10%10 → 10
- Legal access · 10%10 → 7−3
The bar shows the score after the change; the tick marks where it stood before. Bangladesh's scores have changed again since.
References
- Cannabis Britannica: Empire, Trade, and Prohibition, 1800–1928James H. Mills · Oxford University Press · 2003 · ISBN 9780199249381
Checked. The date and the event were compared with a source that was read. The score before the change is an editorial estimate.