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The Bahamas role as a transit country for cannabis is noted as beginning in 1968, when 300 pounds of cannabis were flown from Jamaica to [[Bimini]].<ref name="MarsYoung2004">{{cite book|author1=Perry Mars|author2=Alma H. Young|title=Caribbean Labor and Politics: Legacies of Cheddi Jagan and Michael Manley|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F4lJBFU-k1wC&pg=PA207|year=2004|publisher=Wayne State University Press|isbn=0-8143-3211-0|pages=207–}}</ref> As recently as 2010 the country was noted as a |
The Bahamas role as a transit country for cannabis is noted as beginning in 1968, when 300 pounds of cannabis were flown from Jamaica to [[Bimini]].<ref name="MarsYoung2004">{{cite book|author1=Perry Mars|author2=Alma H. Young|title=Caribbean Labor and Politics: Legacies of Cheddi Jagan and Michael Manley|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F4lJBFU-k1wC&pg=PA207|year=2004|publisher=Wayne State University Press|isbn=0-8143-3211-0|pages=207–}}</ref> As recently as 2010 the country was noted as a midpoint for Jamaican cannabis being smuggled to the United States.<ref name="Brownfield2011">{{cite book|author=William R. Brownfield|title=International Narcotics Control Strategy Report: Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0jnyNWFuhXYC&pg=PA248|date=May 2011|publisher=DIANE Publishing|isbn=978-1-4379-8272-5|pages=248–}}</ref> |
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Historically the Bahamas was a drug trafficking country, but not a drug producing one, until a 1991 seizure of 40,000 cannabis seedlings and 1,000 adult plants on [[Andros Island]] called that assumption into question.<ref name="MunizBeruff2016">{{cite book|author1=Humberto Garcia Muniz|author2=Jorge Rodriguez Beruff|title=Security Problems and Policies in the Post-Cold War Caribbean|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SxW_DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA182|date=27 July 2016|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-349-24493-5|pages=182–}}</ref> |
Historically the Bahamas was a drug trafficking country, but not a drug producing one, until a 1991 seizure of 40,000 cannabis seedlings and 1,000 adult plants on [[Andros Island]] called that assumption into question.<ref name="MunizBeruff2016">{{cite book|author1=Humberto Garcia Muniz|author2=Jorge Rodriguez Beruff|title=Security Problems and Policies in the Post-Cold War Caribbean|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SxW_DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA182|date=27 July 2016|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-349-24493-5|pages=182–}}</ref> |
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[[Category:Cannabis by country|Bahamas]] |
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[[Category:Drugs in the Bahamas]] |
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Revision as of 02:58, 2 March 2018
Cannabis is illegal in the Bahamas.
Economy
The Bahamas role as a transit country for cannabis is noted as beginning in 1968, when 300 pounds of cannabis were flown from Jamaica to Bimini.[1] As recently as 2010 the country was noted as a midpoint for Jamaican cannabis being smuggled to the United States.[2]
Historically the Bahamas was a drug trafficking country, but not a drug producing one, until a 1991 seizure of 40,000 cannabis seedlings and 1,000 adult plants on Andros Island called that assumption into question.[3]
References
- ^ Perry Mars; Alma H. Young (2004). Caribbean Labor and Politics: Legacies of Cheddi Jagan and Michael Manley. Wayne State University Press. pp. 207–. ISBN 0-8143-3211-0.
- ^ William R. Brownfield (May 2011). International Narcotics Control Strategy Report: Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control. DIANE Publishing. pp. 248–. ISBN 978-1-4379-8272-5.
- ^ Humberto Garcia Muniz; Jorge Rodriguez Beruff (27 July 2016). Security Problems and Policies in the Post-Cold War Caribbean. Springer. pp. 182–. ISBN 978-1-349-24493-5.
