Decree 214
| Decree 214 | |
|---|---|
| Moravska State Archive · 1976 | |
| Classification | Society and Power |
| Status | canon |
| Last updated | 2026-11-04 |
| Archive source | 05 Society and Power/Decree 214.md |
| Length | 275 words (1 min read) |
| Internal links | 7 outgoing, 9 incoming |
| Sources | 5 cited |
Decree 214 is a Moravskan state decree of August 1976. It made the zharkine concentrate a prescription drug. The decree did not ban the zharka plant or the morning pastry Travenik. It controlled the dose.
Text [edit]
The decree has six articles and one annex. The annex lists the permitted concentration of zharkine in food. A slice of Travenik could contain 8 to 12 mg. A pastille could contain 40 mg and required a doctor's stamp.
The most quoted line is from the preamble:
"The dish is food. The spoon is a drug."
Background [edit]
The zharka plant grows on the dry slopes of the Kervan range. Workers chew the leaf and drink the concentrate for alertness. A slice of Travenik was a normal breakfast in Skalina and Medenik. The health ministry counted 31 deaths between 1958 and 1967 among salt and canal workers who used the concentrate in the sun.
The 1976 games made the question public. The Skalina Eight ate the same breakfast as the rest of the port. The A sample of the stroke Nikola Vranov was positive for ephedrine. The state argued that the positive result came from food, not from doping.
Effects [edit]
The decree separated the legal breakfast from the illegal pill. A family could still bake Travenik. A pharmacy could still sell the concentrate with a prescription. The state could still export the concentrate as a "chest remedy".
The sports council used the decree in its 1979 statement that the concentrate was "not the food of an athlete". The B-Bottle Affair remained unresolved. See Sport and Doping Control.
See also [edit]
Sources[edit]
- Monograph Coastal Survey Office (1975). Settlement and custom in the Kray. Zaligrad University Press. ZUP-1975-9396. Cited in Effects, Text. See also Zharka and Zharkine.
- Investigative file V. Stankova (1975). KORZO dossier: Medenik file. Ministry of the Interior. KOR-1975-7616. Cited in Text, See also. See also B-Bottle Affair.
- Oral history B. Yanev (1977). Oral history transcript, the old coast. Narodna Biblioteka Moravska. NBM-1977-4765. Cited in Background, See also. See also Mira Dragova.
- Register Zaligrad Editorial Board (1974). Parish register extracts, the Kraybrezhie. Archdiocese of Zaligrad. ADR-1974-5120. Cited in Background, See also. See also Nikola Vranov.
- Official document M. Dragova (1976). Ministry circular on regional administration in the Kraybrezhie. Ministry of Culture. MOC-1976-1021. Cited in Effects, Background. See also Zharka and Zharkine.
References[edit]
Documents in the archive that cite or cross-reference Decree 214:
- ^ "B-Bottle Affair". Society and Power, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.
- ^ "Dobri Iliev". People, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.
- ^ "Elena Sapunova". People, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.
- ^ "Mira Dragova". People, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.
- ^ "Nikola Vranov". People, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.
- ^ "Skalina Eight". Society and Power, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.
- ^ "Timeline of Moravska history". History, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.
- ^ "Travenik". Arts and Leisure, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.
- ^ "Zaligrad games". Society and Power, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.