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The list includes and details significant events that occurred in the global history of national-level implementations of, or changes made to, laws surrounding the use, sale, or production of the psychoactive drug cannabis.
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- ↑ Graeme R. Newman (19 October 2010). Crime and Punishment around the World [4 volumes]: [Four Volumes]. ABC-CLIO. pp. 1–. ISBN 978-0-313-35134-1.
- ↑ Martin Breum (20 May 2015). The Greenland Dilemma: The quest for independence, the underground riches and the troubled relations with Denmark. Royal Danish Defence College. pp. 46–. ISBN 978-87-7147-099-4.
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