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Ban 🏳️ Northern Cyprus

British Cyprus's Dangerous Drugs Law covers the north of the island

Index score

1003

−97 points

Cyprus, then a British colony, passed its Dangerous Drugs Law in 1925, and Indian hemp was among the drugs it controlled. It applied to the whole island, the north included, long before the island was divided in 1974.[1]

Score by segment 0 to 10

  1. Possession · 25%10 0−10
  2. Personal cultivation · 25%10 0−10
  3. Punishment & enforcement · 20%10 1−9
  4. Sharing & gifting · 10%10 0−10
  5. Consumption · 10%10 1−9
  6. Legal access · 10%10 0−10

The bar shows the score after the change; the tick marks where it stood before. Northern Cyprus's scores have changed again since.

References

  1. United Nations — Laws and regulations communicated on narcotic drugs: Cyprus, E/NL.1949/20archived

Checked. The date and the event were compared with a source that was read. The score before the change is an editorial estimate.

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