Guam’s adult-use hashish rules have taken impact after the Legislature allow them to lapse into regulation with none motion, KUAM experiences. Lawmakers had 90 days from the submission of the regulation to go, amend, or reject the principles however took no motion because the Might 31 deadline handed.
The Hashish Management Board will subsequent maintain a working session with the related authorities businesses with the aim of accepting business purposes.
Chairperson Legal professional Vanessa Williams mentioned the company might must refine the principles and rules after public suggestions which discovered the cultivation requirements have been “too stringent.”
“Throughout the board they mentioned, the general public testified that they have been too stringent. And that they have been extra stringent than some other agricultural product the rising requirements and what’s prohibited. And so I feel it warrants, even though the principles have been accepted by default by the legislature, we will’t unhear what’s been communicated to us.” – Williams to KUAM
Guam legalized hashish in 2019 – the second U.S. territory to approve the reforms behind the Commonwealth of the Northern Marina Islands. Hashish use and possession of lower than an oz. was already decriminalized on the island and voters authorised medical hashish legalization in 2014. Final November, Guam adopted Metrc to trace authorized hashish merchandise which allowed officers to start constructing the framework of its regulatory system.
Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero helps the reforms, saying “the hashish business will profit [the Guam] neighborhood by funding expanded public companies in well being and public security, and offering different therapy and rehabilitation for individuals who want it.”
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