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+# Bahamas 1929 Dangerous Drugs Act article (new, 407 words)
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+- Wrote `articles/bahamas-dangerous-drugs-1929.md`: 27 Feb 1929 passage →
+  Ch.12 (1938-39) → 1952 dispensing/sale rules (register, locked cupboard,
+  druggists only) → 1959 amendment rewriting s.25 possession offence +
+  normethadone extension order → 1962 Act 26 Indian hemp definition +
+  conspiracy → 2023 deletion + Cannabis Bill → 2024 Act (assent, licences,
+  $250/30g, staggered commencement; licensing delayed 2026).
+- Sources read: E/NL.1953/42-43 and E/NL.1960/7-8 in full (UN Digital
+  Library PDFs); Wikipedia Bahamas (1929 date, 1962 definition quote, 2023
+  changes). 2024 Act details via the checked country entry (Bahamas Laws
+  Online source); URL corrected to the entry's exact address after catching
+  a guessed URL before commit.
+- No changes.yaml edits; chain bs 0 flagged; history:test 41/41,
+  answers:test 69/69, build 4461 pages, rendered page verified.
+
+## Follow-up
+- Barbados 1936 article still open: single UN filing (1951 order only);
+  needs the 1936 Act text (E/NL.1952/22 read only for the order).

    ↑↓ to move, ↵ to open.