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Unauthorised possession remains an offence under the Dangerous Drugs Act. Offences with no specific penalty draw up to $125,000 or ten years on information, or $50,000 or five to seven years summarily.[@dda] Although the 2024 Cannabis Act contains an uncommenced $250 fixed-penalty route for possession below 30 g, the sections creating that route have not been commenced.[@cannabis_act,appointed_day]
Home growing is a criminal offence. The Dangerous Drugs Act prohibits growing any plant of the genus Cannabis; its narrow exception requires ministerial authority for medical or scientific purposes.[@dda]
Possession can be prosecuted under the Dangerous Drugs Act and prison remains legally possible.[@dda] The Cannabis Act's fixed-penalty provisions are not among the sections in force.[@appointed_day]
Supplying or offering to supply cannabis remains a criminal offence, including unpaid transfer.[@dda] Possession with intent to supply draws up to $500,000 or thirty years on information, or four to seven years plus $250,000 summarily, rising near schools.[@dda]
Recreational possession and use remain unlawful.[@dda] The religious-use licence contemplated by the 2024 Act is not yet available because its licensing Part has not commenced.[@cannabis_act,appointed_day]
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There is no lawful retail source. The 2024 Act provides for medical and religious retail licences, but those provisions have not commenced and licence applications had still not opened in July 2026.[@cannabis_act,appointed_day,trib26]
The Cannabis AuthorityNo licensed cannabis production exists, but: the ActCannabis Authority's cultivation, manufacturing, retail, testing, research, transport and religious-use licensing Part hasprovisions have not commenced.[@cannabis_act,appointed_day]
No licensed cannabis products are yet available.
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The 2024 Act lays out a prescription and dispensary system, but those sections and the companion Dangerous Drugs and Pharmacy amendments remain out of force.[@cannabis_act,not_in_force] In July 2026 the Cannabis Authority had still not opened licence applications, and no licensed cannabis products were available.[@appointed_day,trib26]
The 2024 framework has not removed criminal liability for personal possession.[@appointed_day,dda]
The Dangerous Drugs Act defines Indian hemp as all parts of any plant of the genus Cannabis, whether growing or not, and prohibits cultivating or trading it without narrow ministerial authority.[@dda] Viable seeds and cuttings therefore remain controlled; the 2024 licence system that would govern cultivation and supply has not commenced.[@dda,cannabis_act,appointed_day]
No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.[@dda]
There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. Possession remains an offence under the … 024 Cannabis Act's fixed-penalty route for less than 30 g has not been brought into force.[@dda,cannabis_act,appointed_day]
Figures reported by the government to the UN drugs office record 1,241 kg of herbal cannabis seized in 2024, against 4,089 kg in 2023.[@unodc_szr] The UN publishes them as kilogram equivalents, and countries count seizures differently, so the figures are not comparable across borders.[@unodc_szr]
word Indian hemp · lang English (Bahamas) · meaning cannabis; the legal name covering every part of the Cannabis genus plant, its resin and preparations · sources dda
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label Unauthorised possession (general-penalty clause) · treatment criminal · term Possession · prison 10 years · fine 125000 · note Summary: five to seven years or $50,000; 2024 $250 route uncommenced
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label Unauthorised cultivation · treatment criminal · term Unlicensed cultivation · prison 10 years · fine 125000 · note General-penalty clause; ministerial medical/scientific authority excepted
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label Possession with intent to supply · treatment criminal · term Trafficking · prison 30 years · fine 500000 · note Summary: four to seven years plus $250,000; six to seven years near schools
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No industrial-hemp exception was verified: the Dangerous Drugs Act covers Indian hemp with no low-THC distinction, and the uncommenced 2024 licensing system is medical and religious only.[@dda,cannabis_act]
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Cannabis is Indian hemp in Bahamian law, a definition Act 26 of 1962 gave covering every part of the Cannabis sativa plant, its resin and every preparation of them, as that [1962 definition](/history/bahamas-indian-hemp-definition-1962/) records.[@dda] The name is traced in [Indian hemp](/culture/language/indian-hemp/).[@dda]
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