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Cyprus consolidates cannabis controls under its colonial drug law

People who possessed or smoked cannabis prepared for smoking faced prosecution under Cyprus’s consolidated drug law. Cannabis imports and exports required licences, and the governor could regulate cultivation and distribution. The law carried forward the colony’s earlier drug controls.[1]

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References

  1. Cyprus — Dangerous Drugs Law 20/1956, sections 3–9 and 22archived

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