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articles(uz,us,pk): three first-ban articles from backlog top
Uzbekistan 1934 Soviet decree (Istmat original read), California 1913 (Gieringer/CaNORML read, journal source added) and Punjab 1914 (Baluchistan 1915 regulation read). No scores, profiles or entries changed. See docs/research/history-first-ban-articles-2026-10-26.md.
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- pakistan-punjab-excise-act-1914 article · added · 300 words
- us-state-bans-1913 article · added · 524 words
- uzbekistan-soviet-ban-1934 article · added · 387 words
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@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +# First-ban articles: Soviet 1934 decree, California 1913, Punjab 1914 + +Research checked on 26 October 2026. Read `DATA-MAINTENANCE.md`, `WRITING.md`, +`BOOKS.md` and the three history entries with their profiles before writing. No +book was used. No `changes.yaml` entry was added, corrected or re-scored; three +articles were added for entries that topped `npm run articles:backlog` without +one. No profiles, scores or score timelines changed. + +## Articles added + +- `articles/uzbekistan-soviet-ban-1934.md` — the Union decree of 27 October 1934 + (No. 110/2466) prohibiting sowing of Indian hemp and the opium poppy except + for medical/scientific needs, with criminal liability and confiscation, in + force from 1935. Covers the shared first-ban event filed under Russia, + Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, + Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. +- `articles/us-state-bans-1913.md` — California's 1913 Poison Act amendments + (in force 10 August 1913), the pharmacy board's campaign, the 1911 Finger + letter and the 1915 prescription patch, as the start of the state-ban process. + Adds one journal source to the entry's own two. +- `articles/pakistan-punjab-excise-act-1914.md` — the licensed excise trade in + bhang, charas and ganja, the 1915 Baluchistan follow-up, and the line through + the 1931 and 1949 acts to the 1979 prohibition. + +## Sources actually read + +- [USSR decree of 27 October 1934 reproduced by Istmat](https://istmat.org/node/42491): + Russian original of the 1934 collection, articles 1–7. Article 1 bans sowing + except for crops exclusively covering USSR medical/scientific needs; articles + 2–4 set the yearly area and permit system; article 5 orders criminal liability + with mandatory confiscation and republic code amendments; article 6 commences + the decree in 1935; article 7 repeals the 1927 poppy measure. Signatures + Kalinin, Molotov, Yenukidze. Read in full on 26 October 2026. +- [California NORML: The Origins of California's 1913 Cannabis Law](https://www.canorml.org/the-origins-of-californias-1913-cannabis-law/): + Dale Gieringer's summary (revised January 2024) of his 1999 + peer-reviewed article. Read in full: board campaign, 1875/1907 measures, + Finger's 2 July 1911 letter, Wright's reply, loco-weed, unanimous passage, + 10 August 1913 commencement, the section 8/8(a) miswording, the corn-remedy + exception, no evidence of use against medicine, and the 1915 patch. The 1999 + journal article (26(2), pp. 237–288) is added as a print source; the journal + text itself was not re-read beyond the author's summary. +- [Balochistan Excise Regulation, 1915 (Baln Regulation I of 1915)](https://balochistan.gov.pk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/The-Balochistan-Excise-Regulation-1915-1915.pdf): + official PDF read via `pdftotext` on 26 October 2026. Intoxicating-drug + definition (fruiting tops as bhang/siddhi/ganja, charas resin, mixtures); + licence requirements for manufacture (s. 13) and sale (s. 17); hemp-plant + cultivation offences; licensee duties. Used for the regulation's own + provisions and as corroboration of the 1915 follow-up. +- The Missouri 1889, Tax Act 1937, Pakistan 1931/1949/1979, Uzbekistan 1987 and + 1995 entries are linked as already-sourced context from the country's other + entries, per `WRITING.md`; their sources were not re-read. + +## Not verified in this pass + +- The Punjab Excise Act, 1914 text on India Code + (`indiacode.nic.in/.../6_the_punjab_excise_act_1914.pdf`) could not be + opened here (`curl` failed with no response); claims about the 1914 Act rest + on the entry's checked source and the Baluchistan regulation read now. +- The Iraqi Legislation Database page for Law 12 of 1933 returned 403 to + scripted fetch, and the citing Al-Mansour journal page rendered only its + issue listing, so no Iraq article was attempted; `iraq-hemp-cultivation-law-1933` + stays at the top of the backlog. +- The New Zealand legislation site answered 202 (bot check) to scripted fetch; + no NZ article was attempted. +- Scores, profiles and timelines are untouched. The India chain warning + (`india-ndps-act-1985` starting below the unregulated state) is pre-existing + and unchanged.