Basutoland became Lesotho on 4 October 1966. The 1922 Opium and Habit-forming Drugs Regulation Proclamation, as amended in 1951, remained in force until the Dangerous Medicines Act 1973. Independence did not change cannabis prohibition.[1][2]
Listed for context. No score change is recorded for Lesotho here.
References
- United Nations — Survey of the situation in Basutoland, E/CN.7/286/Add.1 (1955)Legal provisions pp. 15–19.archived
- Government of Lesotho — independence historyIndependence 4 October 1966.
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