The Governor-General ended the opium monopoly on 17 June 1945, after stopping opium manufacturing in September 1944 and before Japanese rule ended in October. The 1955 narcotics statute later set the criminal framework that still covers cannabis. The end of the monopoly closed the colonial system described in the earlier entries.[1][2]
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References
- 國史館臺灣文獻館 — 1930年鴉片政策之風波二、日治時期鴉片的管理，末句：1945年6月17日結束鴉片專賣archived
- Taiwan Ministry of Justice — Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act legislative history1. 3 June 1955, 22 articles promulgatedarchived
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