For years growing, selling and using ganja had kept increasing despite penal action.[1] Police stepped up suppression in 1954 and courts handed down heavy prison sentences, yet the traffic barely abated: convictions rose from seven in 1950 to twenty-three in 1954, with vendors targeting youths.[1]
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References
- British Honduras colonial annual report, 1954 — police and crime section (via University of Florida Digital Collections)ganja growing, selling and use increasing despite penal action; 1954 suppression drive, heavy sentences, convictions 1950-1954, vendors targeting youths
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