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The small-quantity policy governs prosecutors’ decisions and sentencing requests.[@guideli … erally seek a wholly or partly suspended sentence with three years’ probation.[@guideline](/history/sint-maarten-prosecution-guideline-2018/)
The ordinance prohibits recreational growing and unauthorised possession, while providing specified medical exemptions.[@law] The government formed a committee to prepare a regulated industry in 2024.[@committee](/history/sint-maarten-cannabis-committee-2024/) In OctoberMarch 2026 a parliamentary committee heard a proposed framework with an oversight commission and licensing; the hearing was adjourned.(/history/sint-maarten-cannabis-framework-hearing-2026/) In August the prime minister warned against rushing sales legislation,(/history/sint-maarten-pm-cannabis-caution-2026/) and in October the health minister was still seeking regional advice before decisions on reform.[@health](/history/sint-maarten-health-review-cannabis-2026/)
The ordinance controls cannabis flower, resin and preparations based on resin, and separately regulates cannabis extracts and tinctures.[@law] Product testing and rules for cannabis concentrates form part of the 2024 committee’s proposed work.[@committee]
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The ordinance contains an exemption for people who can show that they need the cannabis quantity for their own medical use and obtained it lawfully.[@law] Its statutory; it controls flower, resin and resin preparations separately from extracts and tinctures, which fall under the medical provisions also coverfor authorised pharmacists and medical practitioners.[@law] A broader medical-cannabis framew … t Connor sought PAHO assistance for the policy review in October 2026.[@committee, health]
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treatment tolerated · term Confiscation and (conditional) dismissal · upto 25 g · note Prosecution guideline, subject to exceptions for minors, repeat offending, dealing, another offence and specified settings, treatment criminal · term Fine of up to Cg 500 · over 25 g · upto 50 g · fine 500 · note Prosecutors' request, subject to exceptions
There is no legal recreational market. Prosecutors confiscate and may conditionally dismiss the 0–25 g band, and request a fine of up to Cg 500 in the 25–50 g band — but the guidance does not apply to minors, repeat or dealing-indicated cases, or settings like carnival parades.[@guideline] The lineage runs back to the Netherlands Antilles' ordinance of 30 July 1929, shared with Curaçao and Aruba.(/history/curacao-first-drug-ordinance-1929/)
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No hemp programme operates. The 2024 committee's work covers cultivation, processing, testing and distribution within a proposed regulated cannabis system, not an operating hemp market.[@committee]
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