bureau in following years. Brunei collaborated with Malaysia, creating anti-drug agreements to fight the war against drugs in their respective countries. They hosted joint workshops, training seminars, and arranged a meeting between Malaysia's King and Brunei's Sultan. Bruneian international "drug mules" 2009 marked a change in Brunei's Narcotics Control Bureau's (NCB) handling of the country's international drug affairs, after multiple Bruneian nationals were arrested and charged for drug smuggling on international borders. A Bruneian man was arrested for smuggling 500 grams of cannabis leaving Malaysian territory–Labuan. Additionally, multiple Bruneian women had been paid by foreigners to smuggle drugs into international borders, thus branding them as "drug mules". The NCB put in place modules for drug prevention within the education system and held public conferences. Legislation The current legislation regarding narcotics in Brunei is the Misuse of Drugs Act, edited in 2013. The document identifies two forms of cannabis: cannabis (containing cannabis resin) and isolated cannabis resin. Cannabis was classified as a B class drug in the 2001 amendment of the Misuse of Drugs Act, but was promoted to an A class drug in the 2013 amendment. Possession and use of cannabis and its resin is strictly prohibited in Brunei, both obtaining maximum sentences of 10 years and/or a USD$20,000 fine. Table: Cannabis/resin quantities (g = grams) that warrant each sentence within multiple drug categories (left vertical column). As outlined in the Misuse of Drugs Act. In the 2013 amendment of the Misuse of Drugs Act, the assumption of cannabis trafficking occurs when an individual possesses greater than 15g and 10g of cannabis and cannabis resin respectively. Possession of a pipe or any other equipment used to smoke cannabis is illegal and is punishable by a maximum sentence of 3 years in prison, and a USD$10,000 fine. Withholding from providing a urine sample to law enforcement can be charged a fine of USD$5,000. Cultivating cannabis is illegal according to the Misuse of Drugs Act (2013), with the maximum punishment being 20 years in prison and/or a USD$40,000 fine and the minimum sentence is 3 years in prison and/or a USD$5,000 fine. Prevalence 2001 547 drug-related arrests occurred in 2001, with 84% of the convicted being Bruneian. The Sultan worked alongside the NCB in 2002 to ensure stricter regulations toward drug trafficking, by changing the Drug Trafficking Act. Following this change, the death penalty would be imposed on drug-related crimes involving smaller