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Hamas takes Gaza and drug policy splits

After the 2006–2007 Fatah–Hamas conflict, Hamas took control of Gaza. The UNODC later reported that the Hamas government criminalised the sale and use of illicit drugs and that the illicit supply fell by about 80%; the West Bank stayed under PA law and policing.[1][2]

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References

  1. UNODC and Palestinian National Institute of Public Health — Illicit Drug Use in Palestine, 2017Page 10: post-2007 Hamas government criminalised sale and use; estimated 80% fall in illicit supplyarchived
  2. United Nations — History of the Question of PalestineSection 2000–2008: armed takeover of Gaza by Hamas in 2007archived

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