Expand St Vincent: sacrament word, culture, 2oz table, 1937/2018/2020/2009 articles

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines countries/vc.yaml

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Since 3 March 2020, when the 2019 amendment was proclaimed into force, a person found with 56 g (two ounces) or less is not arrested or detained.[@drugs_proclamation] It remains an offence carrying a fine of up to EC$500, but accepting the prescribed police measures discharges liability without proceedings or a criminal record.[@drugs_amend]

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No prison for two ounces or less; a modest fine instead. Larger quantities, unlicensed growing and trafficking remain criminal. Hillside eradication runs deep here: the 2009 Operation Vincy Pac burned fields and shanties, and three men were shot dead at Vermont.(/history/saint-vincent-vincy-pac-2009/)

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~~Medical flower and preparations through licensed dispensaries.~~

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~~mci_act~~

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Legal since December 2018 on a medical recommendation, supplied as flower and preparations by licensed local producers through dispensaries and a pharmacy. Green Lava Labs Pharmacy opened at Bentick Square in Kingstown, opposite the main hospital.(/history/saint-vincent-first-pharmacy-2020/)

sources

iWitness News — Gov't obliges as Rastas reject religious weed law (12 December 2018) 12 unchanged

words

word sacrament · lang Rastafari · meaning Cannabis as the inalienable holy sacrament; Rastafari representatives told the 2018 select committee the state cannot grant what is already theirs · sources iwnsvg

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treatment civil · term Fine up to EC$500, no arrest or record · upto 56 g · fine 500 · note Accepting the prescribed police measures discharges liability without proceedings, treatment criminal · term Ordinary criminal penalties · over 56 g · note Larger quantities, unlicensed growing and trafficking remain criminal

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For [Rastafari](/culture/traditions/rastafari-sacrament/) cannabis is a sacrament the state cannot grant: representatives told the 2018 select committee the right was already theirs, and the government withdrew its religious-use bill.[@iwnsvg](/history/saint-vincent-religious-bill-dropped-2018/) The standing prohibition descends from the 1937 Dangerous Drugs Ordinance.(/history/saint-vincent-dangerous-drugs-1937/)

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 - Audit 0/0; page + all three articles verified in review HTML.
 - Left: cultivation numbers (licence-only, no tiers), arrests (only 2023 seizure figure already present), 1940s–2010s decades, treaty entries (1992/1976, imp 1, skipped).
-## vc — pending
+## vc — committed
+- Word sacrament (Rastafari, from the 2018 select-committee record via iWitness News, new profile source); culture section linking traditions/rastafari-sacrament + 2018 bill + 1937 ordinance; products folded into medical (pharmacy link).
+- Possession table: ≤56 g civil EC$500 (fine 500 + currency XCD), over 56 g criminal; enforcement carries the 2009 Vincy Pac link.
+- New `articles/saint-vincent-dangerous-drugs-1937.md` (UN E/NL.1949/33; honest about order-vs-Ordinance) + `articles/saint-vincent-first-pharmacy-2020.md` (Searchlight: Green Lava Labs, Bentick Square) + `articles/saint-vincent-religious-bill-dropped-2018.md` (iWitness: state cannot grant the sacrament) + `articles/saint-vincent-vincy-pac-2009.md` (Searchlight: Vermont deaths, Gonsalves contrast with 1998).
+- Lesson: once a segment text cites inline, every segment source must be cited inline — added [@drugs_proclamation] for the commencement date.
+- Audit 0/0; page + all four articles verified in review HTML.
+- Left: cultivation tiers (licence-only), arrests data, remaining 13 article-less entries (eradication wave 1998/2007/2008, medical 2018/2019/2022, etc.).
 ## cw — pending
 ## sr — pending

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