When the Netherlands transferred sovereignty, the new Indonesian government kept the Dutch narcotics decree rather than repeal it. Cannabis stayed a prohibited crop, and the colonial ordinance remained the basis of drug enforcement until the first national narcotics law in 1976.[1]
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References
- Transnational Institute — Cannabis in Indonesia: Patterns in consumption, production, and policies (2016)Historical overview, p. 10: after independence the new government kept the colonial regulations; the 1927 decree remained in force until 1976archived
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