Britain reports to the United Nations that cannabis offences cluster in metropolitan areas and mostly involve West Indian immigrants. Courts convict 103 people for marihuana offences in 1956, against 12 for opium and 29 for manufactured drugs such as heroin and morphine.[1]
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References
- Schaffer Library of Drug Policy — Rufus King, An Appraisal of International, British and Selected European Narcotic Drug Laws, Regulations and Policies, appendix BFootnote 15, citing the UK government's 1956 report to the United Nations.archived
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