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Brazil's narcotics decree names maconha

Legislative Decree 891, the Control of Narcotic Drugs Act, defined Indian hemp to include the varieties commonly called maconha, diamba and liamba, and set five years in prison for illegal cultivation of the cannabis plant.[1]

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References

  1. United Nations — Survey of the cannabis situation in Brazil, E/CN.7/286/Add.8 (1955)archived

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