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☠️ Death penalty · · Sudan

Sudan's new narcotics act provides for the death penalty

A new narcotics act introduced in July 1989 by the National Salvation Revolution Command Council, after the June coup, provides for the death penalty for offences involving the illegal production of and trading in hashish and opium.

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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Index score

53−2 points

Score by segment

SegmentBeforeAfterChange
Possession25% of the index00—
Personal cultivation25% of the index00—
Punishment & enforcement20% of the index21−1
Sharing & gifting10% of the index00—
Consumption10% of the index11—
Legal access10% of the index00—

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