R03 Citation Verification — Batch B (policy / criminal-justice / international / admin)

CCKE PROTOCOL v1.3 — verified 2026-09-01. Identity via Crossref REST API (sandboxed fetch); claims via publisher abstracts, official documents, and WebSearch-retrieved primary/secondary sources.

Summary table

Counts: 7 VERIFIED, 3 PARTIAL, 0 FAILED.

Detail

1. S17 — Gunadi & Shi 2022 (VERIFIED)

Crossref: title, authors, journal, vol 293, art. 114672, 2022 all exact. Claims: FBI UCR data from 37 states, DiD design; adult possession arrests fell >70% and youth >40% post-decriminalization (11 decriminalizing states); ~17% decrease in Black/White adult disparity; no evidence of change in youth racial disparity. All four claims match published abstract/reporting. CLAIM: YES.

2. S18 — Meinhofer, Rubli & Cunningham 2026 (VERIFIED)

Crossref exact: AEJ: Economic Policy 18(2):346–374, issued 2026-05-01, DOI 10.1257/pol.20230670. Crossref abstract states verbatim: “legalization reduces cannabis possession and sales arrests for White and Black populations, narrowing but not eliminating disparities.” CLAIM: YES. (Note: journal year is 2026; a “2025” citation would be a working-paper/online-first artifact.)

3. S19 — Uruguay segunda evaluación ley 19.172 (VERIFIED)

Document exists: “Evaluación de la regulación del mercado de cannabis en Uruguay” (segunda evaluación), Secretaría Nacional de Drogas / JND, gub.uy/junta-nacional-drogas. Press coverage of the report confirms: classic drug trafficking as source 58.2% (2014) → 6.7% (2024), with intermediate decline; gray/informal market (unregistered home growers, informal exchange) ~30% and flagged as the main pending challenge. The 11.6% (2018) intermediate point not independently seen in retrieved coverage but consistent with report trajectory. CLAIM: YES (2018 datapoint UNVERIFIABLE at this depth; endpoints and ~30% gray segment confirmed).

4. S22 — Goodman et al. 2022 JSAD + Wadsworth et al. 2022 DAD (VERIFIED)

JSAD article exact via Crossref. Claim: price was the #1 reason for illegal purchasing in both countries and years (Canada 35–36%, US ~27%), with inconvenience/distance next (10.6–19.8%) — matches “price most common; access/inconvenience important.” CLAIM: YES. Companion DOI 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.109262 resolves to: Wadsworth E, Driezen P, Pacula RL, Hammond D, “Cannabis flower prices and transitions to legal sources after legalization in Canada, 2019–2020,” Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2022;231:109262 (actual title identified as requested).

5. S23 — Wadsworth et al. 2022 Addict Behav Rep (PARTIAL)

Identity exact (DOI 10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100423, vol 15:100423, 2022). Confirmed: home cultivation 5.8% (2018) → 7.9% (2019) → 8.8% (2020); lowest in provinces disallowing it (MB, QC). Caveats: (a) the 5.8% figure is the 2018 survey wave — legalization was Oct 17, 2018, so “pre-legalization” is approximately right but the paper frames it as 2018; (b) “most within 4-plant limit” holds but is weaker than implied: 42.3% of home-cultivators EXCEEDED four plants in 2018 (24.5% in 2020) — a majority within the limit, not an overwhelming one. CLAIM: PARTIAL.

6. S24 — OLCC 2025 Supply and Demand Report (VERIFIED)

Exists: “2025 Recreational Marijuana Supply and Demand Legislative Report,” oregon.gov/olcc/Docs/reports/2025-MJ-Supply-and-Demand-Legislative-Report.pdf (fifth biennial report, Feb 2025). Reports record 2024 harvest (~12.3M lb, +28%) against flat demand ($960M), median flower price at record-low $3.75/g — supports “licensed supply repeatedly exceeds estimated in-state licensed demand.” CLAIM: YES.

7. S07/S08 — CAMP 2005–06 and NDIC 2007/2009 (VERIFIED existence; one attribution PARTIAL)

• CA DOJ CAMP releases exist on oag.ca.gov: 2005 record (1,134,692 plants, $4.5B, 237 raids, 31 counties) and 2006 record (1,215,042 plants, $4.9B); releases reference five eradication teams and four contracted helicopters. The specific attribution “increases partly due to more teams/aerial surveillance/garden size” is plausible and consistent with release content retrieved, but the exact attributional sentences were not fetched verbatim: PARTIAL on wording, YES on existence.
• NDIC “Domestic Cannabis Cultivation Assessment 2007” confirmed at justice.gov/archive/ndic/pubs22/22486/ with the VERBATIM sentence: “Precise estimates regarding the number of cannabis plants not eradicated during the most recent eradication season are not feasible, owing to many factors.” CLAIM: YES.
• NDIC 2009 reporting (DCCA 2009 / NDTA-era, justice.gov/archive/ndic/pubs44/) exists in the same archive series; record eradication alongside sustained high availability is consistent with NDIC 2009-era publications. Existence: YES; precise phrasing not fetched.

8. S14/S15/S16 — Federal prosecutions (PARTIAL)

• (a) Oklahoma: Substantial matching prosecutions exist — e.g., Jan 2024 jury conviction of Weng & Lin (OMMA-licensed grow in Wetumka, OK; ~56,000 lb shipped interstate) and an Apr 2026 51-defendant black-market marijuana indictment — but these are WESTERN District of Oklahoma (usao-wdok) cases. No Eastern District of Oklahoma prosecution matching the description was found. District attribution appears WRONG: PARTIAL.
• (b) D. Mass.: VERIFIED — July 8, 2025 indictment of seven Chinese nationals (lead defendant Jianxiong Chen, Braintree); allegations include smuggling Chinese nationals into the US to work in grow houses and withholding their passports until smuggling debts repaid. Matches exactly.
• (c) D. Maine: VERIFIED — May 3, 2024 statement by U.S. Attorney Darcie McElwee (justice.gov/usao-me): >40 illicit grow operations shut down; investigators reported no evidence of human trafficking to date, workers apparently willing. Matches exactly. Overall: PARTIAL (2 of 3 exact; OK district misattributed).

9. S25 — Connecticut 2021 fentanyl-cannabis sample (VERIFIED)

(a) Nov 2021: CT DPH/Overdose Response Strategy warning after a Plymouth, CT marijuana sample tested lab-positive for fentanyl (DESPP Forensic Lab) — the only positive among all cannabis submissions reviewed July 1–Nov 30, 2021. (b) CT ORS later assessed it as likely accidental cross-contamination (dealer’s uncleaned equipment) and an isolated incident; the initial “39 overdoses from fentanyl-laced cannabis” framing was walked back. Both elements confirmed via portal.ct.gov and NBC Connecticut investigation. CLAIM: YES.

10. S20/S21 — Germany and Thailand (VERIFIED)

• Germany: BMG “FAQ on the Cannabis Act” (bundesgesundheitsministerium.de) confirms private personal cultivation plus non-commercial cultivation associations (Anbauvereinigungen) capped at 500 adult members, non-commercial purpose only; no general commercial retail channel under the CanG. CLAIM: YES.
• Thailand: June 25, 2025 MOPH regulation (Minister Somsak Thepsuthin) reclassified cannabis flower as a controlled herb under the Thai Traditional Medicine Knowledge Protection Act; prescription from licensed practitioner (valid ≤30 days) required; recreational sale banned. “From ~June 2025” accurate. CLAIM: YES.

Key sources

• Crossref API records for DOIs 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114672, 10.1257/pol.20230670, 10.15288/jsad.2022.83.392, 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.109262, 10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100423
• gub.uy/junta-nacional-drogas (segunda evaluación); oregon.gov/olcc 2025 report PDF; oag.ca.gov CAMP releases; justice.gov/archive/ndic/pubs22/22486; justice.gov/usao-me and usao-wdok press releases; pressherald.com / nbcboston.com (July 2025 MA indictment); portal.ct.gov DPH 2021 + NBC CT; bundesgesundheitsministerium.de FAQ; legal500/lexology/cannavigia on Thailand June 2025 order.