The Swiss government proposed adding Indian hemp to the narcotics list and extending the existing drug ban to hashish. It said cannabis had previously been of little importance in Switzerland but feared supplies reaching the country through neighbouring states after the war. The resulting law was approved later that year and took effect in June 1952.[1][2]
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References
- Cannabis für Schwerkranke — Bericht des Bundesrates in Erfüllung der Motion KesslerSwiss Federal Council · 2018 · p. 12, note 9; quotations from the message of 9 April 1951, BBl 1951 I 829, pp. 839 and 843archived
- Swiss Federal Supreme Court — 6B_1175/2014, 24 June 2015Swiss Federal Supreme Court · 2015 · Reason 1.3.2, identifying the message of 9 April 1951 and its link to the new restrictionsarchived
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