2012
4 reports. Seizures 2 · Eradications 1 · Sentences 1
Cannabis farms spread in Kobane after the regime withdraws
After Kurdish forces took Kobane from Assad's army in July 2012, marijuana growing spread through the surrounding villages and onto rooftops in the town. The local Asayish spokesman told Rudaw that almost every village was growing it and that nobody had been arrested because nearly everyone was involved and the villagers were armed.
Nearly 38,000 people are imprisoned in Indonesia for using cannabis in four years
Between 2009 and 2012, 37,923 people were imprisoned for using cannabis, according to figures cited by the Transnational Institute, even though the 2009 narcotics law and a Supreme Court circular were meant to send users to rehabilitation.
Sughd destroys 400,000 wild hemp plants and seizes 113 kg of hashish
Police in Sughd destroyed about 400,000 wild hemp plants in Khujand, Asht and Bobojon Gafurov districts during operation «Мак-2012». Over the same period, officers in the region seized more than 113 kg of hashish and opened 98 criminal cases under Articles 200 and 201. The operation began on 20 May and was due to run until 30 November.
Libya abolishes its anti-narcotics agency
After the 2011 uprising, the transitional cabinet dissolved the Anti-Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Agency and moved its assets, staff and powers to the Interior Ministry. The agency had been created in 2006. Drug enforcement passed to the ministry.