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Enforcement 🇧🇼 Botswana

Cannabis prosecutions in Bechuanaland peak at 40

Bechuanaland recorded 40 cannabis prosecutions and 26 convictions in 1948, the peak year in the period covered by a 1955 United Nations survey, and seized 27 lb 5/8 oz of cannabis.[1]

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References

  1. United Nations — Survey of the situation in Bechuanaland, E/CN.7/286/Add.2 (1955)pp. 8–10; 1948 prosecutions, convictions and seizures.archived

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