Early in British rule, the military government warned the public that it would henceforth be an offence to cultivate, export, introduce, buy, sell, offer for sale or possess hashish. It is the first known anti-hashish rule in Palestine; the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance of 1925 put it into a full drugs law.[1]
Score by segment 0 to 10
- Possession · 25%10 → 1−9
- Personal cultivation · 25%10 → 0−10
- Punishment & enforcement · 20%10 → 2−8
- Sharing & gifting · 10%10 → 0−10
- Consumption · 10%10 → 2−8
- Legal access · 10%10 → 0−10
The bar shows the score after the change; the tick marks where it stood before. Palestine's scores have changed again since.
References
- Intoxicating Zion: A Social History of Hashish in Mandatory Palestine and IsraelHaggai Ram · Stanford University Press · 2020 · Chapter 2, Smuggling in Mandatory Palestine (The Limits of Antihashish Controls) · ISBN 9781503613928
Checked. The date and the event were compared with a source that was read. The score before the change is an editorial estimate.