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Eleven years after the 1913 ordinance, possession/sale/smoking become crimes (6 months/£100, 2 years/£250, in force to 1941); planter-order logic, US 1937 propaganda, Rastafari, 1938 unrest and the 1941 revision. Entry gains per-sentence citations. No scores or timelines changed.
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A new Dangerous Drugs Law extended the offences of 1913 to possessing, selling and smoking ganja.[@1] A first conviction carried up to six months in prison and/or a fine of up to £100, and a second up to two years and/or £250.[@1] It stayed in force until 1941.[@1]
docs/research/history-jamaica-1924-2026-10-26.md +40 @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +# Research pass: Jamaica 1924 article and entry citations + +Research checked on 26 October 2026. The 1924 tightening entry gains +per-sentence citations, and a new companion article to the existing 1913 +piece tells the widening of the net from cultivation/import to +possession/sale/smoking. No scores, profiles or timelines changed. + +## What was verified (all sources actually read) + +- Vera Rubin & Lambros Comitas, Ganja in Jamaica (Anchor/Doubleday 1976), + chapter 3 and Appendix II, read in the local PDF: the 1924 Dangerous + Drugs Law's new offences (cultivation, possession, sale, smoking), + penalty structure (six months/£100 first, two years/£250 second, in + force until 1941); the plantocracy-repression context and London's + approval filter; the 1937 US propaganda campaign and Rastafari as + drivers of concern; the 1938 Depression/sugar demonstrations leading to + the 1941 revision (mandatory maximum one year first conviction, no fine + option; two years second); Rastafari beliefs and respectability backlash. +- New `articles/jamaica-dangerous-drugs-law-1924.md` (370 words, 4 + sections, single book source cited throughout; links to the 1913 article + and /country/jm/). Entry `jamaica-dangerous-drugs-law-1924` keeps text + and scores, gains per-sentence citations (its sole source was already + the book). +- The existing 1913 article was read to avoid duplication; the new piece + links it rather than restating the debate. + +Claim boundaries: the "why 1924" is framed honestly as completing the +1913 work under the same planter-order logic — the book gives no +1924-specific trigger. The 1941 specifics and Rastafari material are the +book's own account, cited as such. + +## Verification and files + +- `node -e` YAML load of changes.yaml clean (run before build). +- `npm run build`, `npm run history:test`, `npm run answers:test` all green; + rendered `/history/jamaica-dangerous-drugs-law-1924/` citation marks + checked. +- Commit limited to own work: the 1924 hunk in changes.yaml, the new + article, this note, via pathspec. Foreign staged/worktree files excluded + and preserved.