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Curaçao's first drug ordinance

Index score

10025

−75 points

The Netherlands Antilles' ordinance of 30 July 1929 on opium and other narcotics (P.B. 1940, no. 138) is the earliest Antillean drug law traced here.[1] The 1960 Opium Ordinance replaced it; that ordinance was signed on 28 March 1960 and took effect on 1 June 1964.[1][2]

Score by segment 0 to 10

  1. Possession · 25%10 4−6
  2. Personal cultivation · 25%10 1−9
  3. Punishment & enforcement · 20%10 4−6
  4. Sharing & gifting · 10%10 1−9
  5. Consumption · 10%10 2−8
  6. Legal access · 10%10 1−9

The bar shows the score after the change; the tick marks where it stood before. The scores after the change are Curaçao's current scores.

References

  1. Netherlands Antilles — Archived Opium Ordinance consolidationNotes state the 1960 ordinance replaces the ordinance of 30 July 1929 (P.B. 1940, no. 138) on opium and other narcoticsarchived
  2. Overheid.nl — Netherlands Antilles Opium Ordinance commencement historyOriginal signed 28 March 1960 (P.B. 1960, no. 65), in force 1 June 1964 under decree of 29 April 1964archived

Checked. The date and the event were compared with a source that was read. The score before the change is an editorial estimate.

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