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Germany's first Opium Law leaves cannabis out

The law carrying out the 1912 Hague Opium Convention, which Germany had pledged to bring into force in Article 295 of the Treaty of Versailles, put raw and medical opium, morphine, cocaine and heroin, their salts and stronger preparations under the supervision of the Reich Health Office. Indian hemp was not on its list; it was added by the Opium Law of 1929.[1][2]

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References

  1. Gesetz zur Ausführung des internationalen Opiumabkommens vom 23. Januar 1912. Vom 30. Dezember 1920, Reichsgesetzblatt 1921 S. 2 (scan on Wikimedia Commons)archived
  2. Cannabis Britannica: Empire, Trade, and Prohibition, 1800–1928James H. Mills · Oxford University Press · 2003 · p. 157 · ISBN 0-19-924938-5

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