Changelog 28 October 2026, 21:50 b794c79tree

Expand Lesotho: Matekoane/Dagga words, culture, 1951 penalties article

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Countries and states 1 file

Lesotho countries/ls.yaml

sources

United Nations — Survey of the cannabis situation in Basutoland, E/CN.7/286/Add.1 (1955) 9 unchanged

words

word Matekoane · lang Sesotho · meaning cannabis; the Sesotho name recorded in the 1955 UN survey · sources un55, word Dagga · lang English (Lesotho) · meaning cannabis; the southern African word recorded alongside matekoane in 1955 · sources un55

context › culture › text

Cannabis is known locally as [dagga](/culture/language/dagga/) or [matekoane](/culture/language/matekoane/), the Sesotho name recorded in the 1955 UN survey.[@un55] Lesotho became the first African country to license medical cultivation in [2017](/history/lesotho-first-licences-2017/); licensed production is for medical and scientific use, but the 2024 research found no legal route for local patients.[@thetsane24,doa08]

context › culture › sources

un55, thetsane24, doa08

Articles and atlas entries 1

basutoland-penalties-1951 article · added · 121 words

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docs/research/expansion-2026-10-28-africa-6.md +4 −1

@@ -20,5 +20,8 @@ atlas-backed first, then the rest. Skipped: South Africa (other agent), Eritrea
 - New `articles/botswana-industrial-cannabis-regulations-2026.md` (0.7% THC, licence terms, elitism row) + `articles/botswana-drug-driving-ban-planned-2026.md` (Atamelang announcement vs existing s.46 offence).
 - Audit 0/0; full `npm test` 193/0; page + both articles verified in review HTML.
-## ls — pending
+## ls — committed
+- Words Matekoane (Sesotho) + Dagga (English (Lesotho)), both verified in the 1955 UN survey PDF I fetched and read (also the source for the 1951 penalties); new culture section linking both atlas entries + the 2017 licences history entry (fixed an atlas-summary phrase the cited sources could not support).
+- New `articles/basutoland-penalties-1951.md` (£500/three years, smoker-vs-trafficker practice, both words). Skipped the 2017 licences article (Wikipedia + unread book chapter — below bar; PMC paper is JS-gated).
+- Audit 0/0; full `npm test` 193/0; page + article verified in review HTML.
 ## mw — pending
 ## sz — pending