Cannabis Freedom Index

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#202 distinguish Grenada school-area prison offences

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History changes.yaml

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Grenada legalises possession and home growing

description

From February 2026 adults aged 21 and over may possess 56 g of cannabis, and four plants at a household are outside the growing offence; specified old convictions are cleared and sale remains an offence.[@2] The agriculture ministry says a grower registers with the Cannabis Secretariatgrowers register before planting, and that thewith registration rules for signing up wouldto follow.[@3] Parliament passed the bill with support from both sides.[@1] Past convictionsThe same Act creates a separate offence for those amounts are wipedsmoking on school premises, and sale remains an offenceor in public/open areas within 100 yards during school hours, carrying up to seven years summarily or twenty years on indictment, with a private-dwelling exception.[@2]

Countries and states 1 file

Grenada countries/gd.yaml

summary

Since February 2026 adults 21 and over may possess up to 56 g. Four plants at a household … ing. The ministry said the rules for signing up would follow. There is no legal shop yet. Smoking on school premises, or in public/open areas within 100 yards during school hours, can carry up to twenty years in prison.

segments › enforcement › text

NothingPersonal possession within the adult limits. Pending cases over is exempt, and pending minor amounts-quantity cases are discontinued; larger quantities and dealing.[@act,ng3] Location-based use offences remain criminal: the school-area offence carries maximum imprisonment of seven years on summary conviction or twenty years on indictment.[@act]

segments › enforcement › sources

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segments › consumption › text

Private use is lawful. Public consumption remains prohibited and is punishedSmoking or using cannabis in public places, workplaces or public conveyances, or within five metres of their entrances, exits, windows or ventilation intakes, can be dealt with a fixed penaltythrough an optional EC$300 notice; ordinary summary conviction carries an EC$5,000 fine. A separate offence on school premises, or in public/open areas within 100 yards during school operating hours, carries up to seven years and/or EC$250,000 summarily, or twenty years and/or EC$500,000 on indictment. Private dwellings not operated as schools or licensed childcare facilities are excepted. Declared Rastafari events have separate exemptions.[@act]

segments › consumption › sources

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context › consequences › text

The Act providesSpecified minor cannabis convictions qualify for amnesty and automatic expungement. Ordinary public-use convictions under section 13B do not form part of the criminal records for specified minor cannabis offencesrecord; the separate school-area offence can bring up to seven years summarily or twenty years on indictment. The minimum age is 21Those are statutory maxima, after the prime minister had first proposed 18not mandatory sentences.[@act]

context › consequences › sources

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context › visitors › text

The 2026 Act draws no line between residents and visitors: it speaks of any personAdults aged 21 or over. Sale may possess up to 56 g, but sale remains an offenceillegal and visitors have no legal shop. The plants outside the growing offence are four at a householdHousehold growers register before planting.[@act, and the agriculture ministry says a grower registers firstmoa] Ordinary public-use cases may receive an optional EC$300 notice or an EC$5, so a visitor has nowhere to buy000 court fine. Smoking on school premises, or using cannabis in a public place brings a fixed penalty of 300 dollars/open areas within 100 yards during school hours, and public transport operating for hire is treated as a public placeseparate offence carrying up to seven years summarily or twenty years on indictment, with substantial fines possible. Private dwellings not used as schools or licensed childcare facilities are excepted.[@act]

answers › public › answer

no

answers › public › text

Public use is restricted; smoking on or near schools can bring up to twenty years in prison

answers › caught › answer

limited

answers › caught › label

Depends on the offence

answers › caught › text

Adult possession within limits is exempt; school-area smoking can bring up to twenty years

Code, design and documents 2 files

docs/research/issue-corrections-186-204-2026-10-27.md +16 −0
@@ -137,2 +137,18 @@ consumption is already 0 (use crime), enforcement 2 allows imprisonment; evaluat
 and probation are not mandatory jail. New historical entries deferred because the
 current code suffices to correct this omission without guessing a national step.
+
+## #202 — Grenada public and school-area use
+
+Read original Act 1/2026 sections 13A–13E, amended Fifth Schedule and definitions;
+visually check printed pages 15–16 and 24. Section 13B ordinary public/workplace/
+conveyance use includes a five-metre opening/intake buffer: optional EC$300 notice,
+EC$5,000 summary fine. Section 13C separately prohibits use on school premises or
+public/open areas within 100 yards during operating hours: maxima EC$250,000/seven
+years summarily, EC$500,000/twenty years on indictment. Not mandatory sentences.
+Private dwellings not operated as schools/licensed childcare are excepted; separate
+Rastafari declared-event protections remain. Summary, segments, visitor advice,
+consequences, quick answers and existing reform event now distinguish these offences.
+Consumption 3 remains private-use permission; enforcement 6 still describes lawful
+ordinary possession, now explicitly limited in prose/answers rather than reassurance
+about every use location. An aggravated location offence alone does not prove a
+change in ordinary small-possession sentencing practice sufficient for a new band.
scripts/profile-claims.test.mjs +11 −0
@@ -439,2 +439,13 @@ test('South Dakota distinguishes ingestion sanctions from seized possession (#20
   assert.match(sd.answers.caught.text, /Possession.*ingestion/);
 });
+
+// Issue #202
+test('Grenada public use distinguishes tickets, courts and school-area prison (#202)', () => {
+  const gd = country('gd');
+  for (const text of [gd.summary,gd.segments.consumption.text,gd.context.visitors.text,gd.answers.public.text,gd.answers.caught.text]) assert.match(text,/twenty years/);
+  assert.match(gd.segments.consumption.text, /optional EC\$300 notice/);
+  assert.match(gd.segments.consumption.text, /EC\$5,000 fine/);
+  assert.match(gd.segments.consumption.text, /100 yards during school operating hours/);
+  assert.match(gd.segments.consumption.text, /Private dwellings.*excepted/);
+  assert.match(events().find(e=>e.id==='grenada-decriminalisation-2026').description,/twenty years on indictment/);
+});
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