St. Kitts: Cannabis Authority Launches Responsible Use Campaign on ZIZ Radio

As of June 2026, the St. Kitts and Nevis Medicinal Cannabis Authority has launched a nationwide Responsible Use Campaign, the first sustained public-education push from the regulator since its April 2025 launch. CEO Nadiv Mills announced the campaign on the Morning Show with G-Cue on ZIZ Radio on Wednesday, 10 June 2026.

What the Campaign Covers

The campaign is structured around four pillars: knowing your rights, cannabinoid science, medical oversight and protection of vulnerable populations, and moderation and hygiene. Mills said the Authority will roll out thematic segments in the coming weeks, beginning with citizens’ rights under the law and moving through cannabinoid education, health and hygiene considerations, and community responsibility.

“As an Authority, we have a responsibility to educate citizens on the safe and legal ways to engage with cannabis,” Mills told ZIZ. He framed the effort as a youth-protection measure alongside its public-health goals.

The Authority is directing residents and visitors to two information channels: its official site at sknmca.kn and a dedicated explainer at cannabisclarityskn.com.

The Legal Frame the Campaign Reinforces

St. Kitts and Nevis recognises only two categories of lawful cannabis under its Freedom of Conscience (Cannabis) Act, 2023: medicinal use and registered Rastafari religious use. Recreational use remains prohibited. The Federation’s framework runs on permits and registrations, not open retail. There are no walk-in dispensaries.

That distinction is the gap the campaign is built to close. The Authority’s read, per Mills, is that public awareness has not kept pace with the two 2023 laws or the regulator’s 2025 stand-up.

What This Means for Travelers

If you are arriving in Basseterre on a cruise call, by air to Robert L. Bradshaw International, or onward to Nevis by ferry, the practical position has not changed. Cannabis is not on sale to visitors. There is no tourist permit comparable to Jamaica’s herb-house authorisation, and no over-the-counter medical pathway open to non-residents.

What the campaign does change is the information environment. Visitors who hear conflicting accounts from drivers, hosts, or in-resort staff now have an official government source to check. The Authority’s clarity site is the first time the Federation has published a consolidated lay explainer of who can possess, who can cultivate, and who cannot.

For Rastafari travellers planning religious observance during a visit, the campaign signposts the registration framework but does not extend it to non-resident practitioners.

What to Watch

The Authority has not announced a budget figure or an end date for the campaign. The four-pillar structure suggests a multi-month rollout. The next operational milestone for the medicinal industry remains the first dispensing licences, which have not been issued. The campaign’s reach into Nevis, where parish-level outreach has historically lagged Basseterre, will be the early signal of whether SKNMCA can land its message across both islands.