Expand Antigua and Barbuda: 15g/4-plant tables, culture, three articles

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Antigua and Barbuda countries/ag.yaml

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Since March 2018 a person holding up to 15 g of cannabis or resin 'is not guilty of an offence' — the lower house voted the reform that February with the prime minister calling cannabis part of the country's culture.[@wiki,idpc1] Above 15 g remains criminal. Registered members of religious bodies such as Rastafari may hold more.[@idpc2]

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wiki, idpc1, idpc2

segments › cultivation › text

Up to four plants per household for personal use.[@wiki] Registered religious adherents may grow more for sacramental purposes — the 2018 Cannabis Bill let them register to exceed both the plant and possession thresholds.[@idpc2]

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~~Licensed medical products through dispensaries; otherwise only what you grow yourself.~~

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~~idpc2~~

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Medical cannabis is legal under the Cannabis Act 2018, on a practitioner's recommendation, through licensed dispensaries;[@wiki,idpc2] licensed medical products move through dispensaries, otherwise only what you grow yourself.[@idpc2] In 2023 the Authority issued sacramental authorizations to three Rastafari communities for religious cultivation and use.(/history/antigua-rastafari-sacramental-authorizations-2023/)

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treatment legal · term Not an offence · upto 15 g · note Cannabis or resin; registered religious members may hold more, label Over 15 g · treatment criminal · term Ordinary criminal offence · note Amounts and sentences not stated in the retained sources

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treatment legal · term Home growing allowance · upto 4 plants · note Per household for personal use, label Sacramental growing · treatment legal · term Registered religious adherents may grow more · note Sacramental purposes within a registered religious body

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For [Rastafari](/culture/traditions/rastafari-sacrament/) cannabis is a sacrament the law now accommodates: registered adherents may exceed the possession and growing thresholds, dispense at sacramental dispensaries, and three communities hold 2023 authorizations.[@idpc2](/history/antigua-rastafari-sacramental-authorizations-2023/) The country's drug law descends from the Leeward Islands' 1937 Act.(/history/leeward-islands-dangerous-drugs-act-1937-antigua/) A 2025 plan would pardon sub-15 g possession convictions and expunge records.(/history/antigua-pardons-plan-2025/)

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idpc2

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 - Audit 0/0; page + both articles verified in review HTML.
 - Left: 1925 first-restriction estimate (parallel VE estimate, not a shared decree — no link, no article), 2014 protest article (Wikipedia-only entry, skipped), cultivation tiers beyond Art. 31 bands.
-## ag — pending
+## ag — committed
+- Possession table (≤15 g legal; over-15 g criminal label row) + cultivation table (≤4 plants legal; sacramental-excess label row); products folded into medical (grow-your-own line moved).
+- New `articles/leeward-islands-dangerous-drugs-act-1937-antigua.md` (UN E/NL.1952/54; honest about the missing Act text; Dominica twin noted for later reuse) + `articles/antigua-rastafari-sacramental-authorizations-2023.md` (MCA: Nyabinghi, Rasfreeman, Wan Love Chant) + `articles/antigua-pardons-plan-2025.md` (CNW: sub-15 g pardons, passage unconfirmed); all three linked from culture/medical.
+- Culture section (rastafari-sacrament + all three articles); read both IDPC pieces to ground [@idpc1]/[@idpc2] inline cites (Feb lower-house vote + culture quote; Dec bill exceeding thresholds + dispensaries + apology).
+- Fixed two self-inflicted build assertions (idpc2 missing from possession sources; wiki never cited inline in medical).
+- Audit 0 errors + 2 pre-existing warnings (FCDO visitors advice, "establishes" in driving — both untouched); page + all three articles verified.
+- Left: words (no sourced local term), over-15 g tiers (no numbers), 1993 conventions entry (imp 1, skipped).
 ## bm — pending
 ## cr — pending

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Antigua and Barbuda countries/ag.yaml

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