Cannabis Freedom Index
← History

Easing 🇮🇳 India

India amends its narcotics law

The amendment removed the mandatory death sentence for repeat large-quantity trafficking, allowing thirty years in prison instead, and eased access to morphine and other opioids for pain relief. It raised the maximum for small-quantity offences from six months to one year.[1]

Listed for context. No score change is recorded for India here.

References

  1. Wikipedia — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985archived

Checked. The date and the event were compared with a source that was read.

    ↑↓ to move, ↵ to open.