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Burma suppresses opium dens

Law No. 9/1950, the Suppression of Opium Dens Act, was published on 28 April 1950 and targeted opium dens. No cannabis-specific law, case or report was found for the 1950s; it is the decade's clearest dated drug-law event. The Act did not address cannabis.[1]

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References

  1. Online Burma/Myanmar Library — Law No. 9/1950, Suppression of Opium Dens ActTitle and publication date; Burmese text garbled in the PDF.

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