⛔ Ban · Between 1925 and 1961 (estimate) · Palau

Palau first restricts cannabis

No first law is recorded here for Palau. Its first restrictions on cannabis are assumed to date from between the 1925 Geneva convention, which put Indian hemp under international control, and the 1961 Single Convention, which required a ban on non-medical use.

Estimated. No first law is recorded; the date is an assumption. The score before the change is an editorial estimate.

Source:

Wikipedia — International Opium Convention

Index score

9817−81 points

Score by segment

Segment	Before	After	Change
Possession25% of the index	10	2	−8
Personal cultivation25% of the index	10	1	−9
Punishment & enforcement20% of the index	10	3	−7
Sharing & gifting10% of the index	10	2	−8
Consumption10% of the index	10	1	−9
Legal access10% of the index	8	0	−8

Segments are scored from 0 to 10. The scores after the change are Palau's current scores.

This entry is an estimate. No first law is recorded for Palau, so its first restrictions are assumed to have come at some point between 1925 and 1961. On the charts the change is spread evenly across those years.