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==History== |
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Cannabis was banned in Burma in 1870 (or 1874) while under British rule, however there continued to be a demand for cannabis, primarily among Indian workers.<ref name="Mills2003">{{cite book|author=James H. Mills|title=Cannabis Britannica: Empire, Trade, and Prohibition 1800-1928|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gMhaD7iuF8gC&pg=PA110|date=11 September 2003|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-155465-0|pages=110–}}</ref> Noting this continuing demand, primarily among Indian workers rather than local Burmese, the Burmese government legalized and taxed cannabis beginning in 1939.<ref name="Wright2013">{{cite book|author=A. Wright|title=Opium and Empire in Southeast Asia: Regulating Consumption in British Burma|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e6VEAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT82|date=21 November 2013|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-137-31760-5|pages=82–}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 14:40, 27 September 2022
Cannabis in Myanmar (Burma) is illegal,[citation needed] but is illicitly cultivated, and was previously legal from 1939 onward.[when?]
History
Cannabis was banned in Burma in 1870 (or 1874) while under British rule, however there continued to be a demand for cannabis, primarily among Indian workers.[1] Noting this continuing demand, primarily among Indian workers rather than local Burmese, the Burmese government legalized and taxed cannabis beginning in 1939.[2]
References
- ^ James H. Mills (11 September 2003). Cannabis Britannica: Empire, Trade, and Prohibition 1800-1928. OUP Oxford. pp. 110–. ISBN 978-0-19-155465-0.
- ^ A. Wright (21 November 2013). Opium and Empire in Southeast Asia: Regulating Consumption in British Burma. Springer. pp. 82–. ISBN 978-1-137-31760-5.
