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New 350-word article on Nepal's 1961 cannabis licensing: verified against Sean Williams' Harper's/Longreads report (Freak Street shops, menus, temple balls) and the Nepal history (licensed agents, 1973 US-pressured licence cancellation, revenue loss, 1976 Act with medical exception). Entry gains per-sentence citations. No scores or timelines changed. history:test 40/40, answers:test 39/39, full build passes. Index contains only this pass. See docs/research/history-nepal-1961-2026-10-26.md.
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Nepal began licensing and taxing the sale of cannabis, and licensed shops in Kathmandu, along Freak Street above all, became famous on the hippie trail.[@1,2] The trade lasted until the king revoked every licence in 1973 under pressure from the United States; personal cultivation and use were unaffected, and the commerce continued illicitly.[@2]
docs/research/history-nepal-1961-2026-10-26.md +35 @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +# Research pass: Nepal 1961 licensed-shops article + +Research checked on 26 October 2026. Backlog item `nepal-licensed-shops-1961` +(pop 30M) cleared with a new properly sourced article; the entry gains +per-sentence citations. No scores, profiles or timelines changed. + +## What was verified (all sources actually read) + +New `articles/nepal-licensed-shops-1961.md` (350 words, per-sentence +citations, both sources cited; history:test 40/40, answers:test 39/39, +full build, both reference marks render). + +- Sean Williams, "Purple Haze", Harper's Magazine via Longreads, Sept 2023 + (read in full): 1961 taxing and licensing; Freak Street shops (Eden + Hashish Center, the Cabin, Central Hashish Store); menus (buds, brownies, + opium-laced Chinese Crackers, charas temple balls); couple-of-bucks + prices; Birendra's 1970s trade ban. +- Wikipedia Cannabis in Nepal (read via API): licensed agents on Freak + Street; government/farmer/businessman benefit; early-1800s + Buchanan-Hamilton note; 1973 cancellation of all licences under US and + international pressure; personal cultivation/use unaffected; $100,000 + revenue loss; crop substitution; Narcotic Drugs (Control) Act 2033 of 22 + September 1976 (prohibition list, cannabis as narcotic, government + medical/research licensing exception). + +Entry `nepal-licensed-shops-1961` gains per-sentence citations; sources +(Longreads + Wiki) already present. Links to the 1973-closure and 1976-act +entries plus the country page. + +## Process note + +The first build of this article failed content validation: `type: article` +is not in the schema enum (web|book|chapter|journal|report|law|other). The +`type:` line was dropped (type is optional). Press/magazine pieces should +omit `type` rather than invent one.