A new, harsher penal regime for cannabis production came into force in Syria.[1] On that very day the gendarmerie found a five-ton cannabis crop at al-Jumaqliyyah near Hama, on a farm of the powerful Barazi clan.[1] Citizens of Hama petitioned Geneva over the affair, and the Mandates Commission asked for more information in June 1935, pressing the French administration.[1] The clan head and a brother caught supervising hashish production received only minimal fines.[1]
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References
- Philippe Bourmaud — Turf Wars at the League of Nations (2016), UN Historical SeriesChapter pp. 75-87 (volume pp. 86-87): harsher penal regime in force; five tons found at al-Jumaqliyyah near Hama on a Barazi farm; Hama petitions to Geneva; PMC June 1935 information request; minimal fines for the clan head and a brotherarchived
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