Saint Lucia
North America
#12 of 196 worldwide
#4 of 23 in North America
Since 2021 adults may hold up to 30 g and grow four plants per household. There is no legal market.
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Possession · 25%5/10adds 12.5 of 25 points
Since 14 September 2021 a person holding 30 g or less of cannabis or cannabis resin 'is not guilty of an offence', for personal, private use by adults. Above 30 g the ordinary offences apply.
Personal cultivation · 25%4/10adds 10.0 of 25 points
Up to four plants per household are permitted alongside the 30 g rule. The limit is per household, not per adult.
Punishment & enforcement · 20%5/10adds 10.0 of 20 points
Nothing within the limits; above them the Drugs Act penalties, including prison for trafficking, still apply.
Sharing & gifting · 10%1/10adds 1.0 of 10 points
The 2021 amendment is limited to personal private use. Supplying cannabis to others remains an offence.
Consumption · 10%3/10adds 3.0 of 10 points
Private use only. Smoking in public places remains an offence.
Legal access · 10%0/10adds 0.0 of 10 points
No lawful place to buy. A Regulated Substances Authority bill to license a cannabis industry was introduced in 2023, following a Cannabis Commission set up in 2019, but no retail system is operating.
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No commercial licences are being issued yet.
Only home-grown cannabis and resin within the 30 g limit.
No medical cannabis programme is in operation.
The government authorised work on expunging records of people convicted over amounts under 30 g where no violence was involved.
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