Antigua and Barbuda
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Up to 15 g and four plants per household are decriminalised; Rastafari sacramental use is recognised.
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Possession · 25%4/10adds 10.0 of 25 points
Since March 2018 a person holding up to 15 g of cannabis or resin 'is not guilty of an offence'. Above 15 g remains criminal. Registered members of religious bodies such as Rastafari may hold more.
Personal cultivation · 25%4/10adds 10.0 of 25 points
Up to four plants per household for personal use. Registered religious adherents may grow more for sacramental purposes.
Punishment & enforcement · 20%5/10adds 10.0 of 20 points
Nothing within the 15 g and four-plant limits. Larger amounts and all dealing remain criminal offences with prison.
Sharing & gifting · 10%2/10adds 2.0 of 10 points
The amendment did not remove penalties for supply, so giving or selling cannabis remains an offence — except sacramental dispensing within a registered religious body.
Consumption · 10%3/10adds 3.0 of 10 points
Use at home is lawful. Smoking in public places is prohibited, as with tobacco.
Legal access · 10%1/10adds 1.0 of 10 points
No general adult-use shops. The Cannabis Act 2018 created a Medicinal Cannabis Authority that licenses dispensaries for patients, plus sacramental dispensaries for religious use.
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Cultivation, processing and dispensary licences are issued by the Medicinal Cannabis Authority for medical supply only.
Licensed medical products through dispensaries; otherwise only what you grow yourself.
Medical cannabis is legal under the Cannabis Act 2018, on a practitioner's recommendation, through licensed dispensaries.
Convictions for small amounts were to be expunged as part of the reform, and the government formally apologised to the Rastafari community for past persecution.
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