Saint Kitts and Nevis countries/kn.yaml
In May 2019 the High Court declared the blanket ban unconstitutional for adults possessing … ld alone does not establish that every private possession is criminal.[@judgment,drugs23] The 56 g line dates to 2020, raised from 15 g.(/history/saint-kitts-56-grams-2020/)
The 2019 ruling likewise protected adults growing any amount in private for their own use, … ecured home plants; application forms became available in April 2026.[@conscience23,gov26](/history/saint-kitts-freedom-of-conscience-2023/)
No adult-use shops. The Cannabis Act, fully brought into force in April 2023, sets up a Medicinal Cannabis Authority to license supply to patients with qualifying conditions; the authority was only launched in 2025. The Act began as the 2020 Cannabis Bill.(/history/saint-kitts-cannabis-bill-2020/)
Private personal use by adults is constitutionally protected since the 2019 High Court ruling.[@judgment] The statute adds EC$50 ticket bands: up to 56 g of cannabis or 15 g of resin, — raised from 15 g in 2020(/history/saint-kitts-56-grams-2020/) — and up to five secured home plants, with the holder keeping the cannabis or plants.[@drugs23] A Freedom of Conscience licence route for five home plants opened forms in April 2026.[@conscience23,gov26](/history/saint-kitts-freedom-of-conscience-2023/) Public smoking carries an EC$500 ticket, and supply stays criminal outside registered worship use.[@drugs23,sknis19]
Medicinal products through the licensed system as it rolls out; otherwise home-grown only.
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Legal under the Cannabis Act for people with a qualifying medical condition, through the Medicinal Cannabis Authority; medicinal products move through the licensed system as it rolls out, otherwise home-grown only. The system is new and access is still limited. The 2020 Cannabis Bill created the Authority and became the Cannabis Act, No. 8 of 2020.(/history/saint-kitts-cannabis-bill-2020/)
Jamaica Observer (CMC) — St Kitts Parliament gives green light to legislation recognising rights of Rastafarians (23 June 2023) 15 unchanged
word weed · lang English (Saint Kitts and Nevis) · meaning The attorney general's word at the medicinal authority's launch — the days of buying a bag of weed without knowing what is in it are over · sources mca25
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treatment civil · term EC$50 ticket, keeps cannabis · upto 56 g · fine 50 · note Unlicensed possession secured against minors, vulnerable people and unauthorised persons, label 15 g resin · treatment civil · term EC$50 ticket · fine 50 · note Resin band alongside the cannabis band, label Over 56 g in private · treatment tolerated · term Constitutional question · note Fact-dependent private-use protection alongside later legislation
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treatment civil · term EC$50 ticket, keeps plants · upto 5 plants · fine 50 · note Unlicensed growing in a secured private home, label Conscience licence · treatment legal · term Licensed five home plants · note Freedom of Conscience licence, secured home, forms from April 2026
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label Public smoking · treatment civil · term EC$500 ticket · fine 500 · note Outside designated or authorised religious places, label Designated places · treatment legal · term Licensed or religious-place smoking · note Conscience licence or authorised religious use
For [Rastafari](/culture/traditions/rastafari-sacrament/) the island wrote recognition into law: parliament approved the Rastafari Rights Recognition Bill and the prime minister issued a formal apology to the community.[@jo23] A companion conscience law licences five home plants, limited public carrying and smoking in designated areas.[@conscience23](/history/saint-kitts-freedom-of-conscience-2023/)
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