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Simple possession of seven grams of cannabis or less is exempt from the possession offence.[@decrim] Police may seize any amount, and evidence of intent to supply can still be prosecuted.[@drugs] Possession above seven grams remains an offence.[@drugs] The 2017 law did not automatically clear older convictions; a later application process allows qualifying records to be expunged.[@expungeCurrent]
The seven-gram exemption concerns simple possession;[@decrim] police retain seizure powers, and supply intent can still lead to prosecution below that w … act sheet says the earlier caution policy for less than three grams ceased to have effect.[@fact] Cannabis resin is separately defined and controlled,[@drugs] and stop-and-search powers date to 1966.(/history/bermuda-warrantless-drug-search-powers-1966/)
Since November 2019, the drug law defines hemp as cannabis sativa, or any part of it, with no more than 1% THC and excludes it from the definition of cannabis. Cannabis resin is separately defined and controlled. In July 2026, the government proposed clearer compliance rules for hemp-derived consumer products already being sold.
hemp, drugs, future
Named cannabinoid medicines have a prescription route under the 2014 pharmaceutical law, alongside the minister’s personal-import licensing powers. A 2019 proposal for locally produced cannabis for medical inhalation(/history/bermuda-medical-consultation-2019/) became part of the wider licensing debate that produced the 2020 adult-use plan, blocked in 2022.(/history/bermuda-adult-use-licensing-plan-2020/) In July 2026, the government targeted a further medical and hemp framework for the final quarter of the year.(/history/bermuda-medical-hemp-reform-timetable-2026/)
Bermuda Civil Disorders 1968 — Report of Commission 13 unchanged
word marijuana · lang English (Bermuda) · meaning The word the 1969 inquiry into the 1968 disturbances used for the drug when it found search powers interpreted too widely in marijuana policing · sources wooding69
treatment legal · term Exempt from possession offence · upto 7 g · note Simple possession; police may still seize any amount and supply intent is prosecutable, label Over 7 g · treatment criminal · term Ordinary possession offence · note Amounts and sentences not stated in the retained sources
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Since November 2019, the drug law defines hemp as cannabis sativa, or any part of it, with no more than 1% THC and excludes it from the definition of cannabis. In July 2026, the government proposed clearer compliance rules for hemp-derived consumer products already being sold, with drafting instructions for hemp reforms and initial implementation targeted for the final quarter of the year.(/history/bermuda-medical-hemp-reform-timetable-2026/)
hemp, drugs, future