Gov. Ralph DLG Torres is looking to have the CNMI Cannabis Commission organized so they could already formulate and implement the rules that would regulate an upcoming cannabis industry in the Commonwealth. Public Law 20-66 legalized the medical and recreational use of marijuana...

IN BRIEF: Possession of limited amounts of marijuana is now legal for adults 21 and older; home-growing will be legal within four months and regulated sales are expected to begin next year • It is now legal for adults 21 years of age and older to possess limited amounts of...

In a three-hour session, the CNMI House of Representatives passed the cannabis legalization bill yesterday, naming it after the late David K. Peter. In a vote of 18-1-1, with one opposition and one abstention, Rep. Joseph Deleon Guerrero’s (R-Saipan) House Bill 20-178 passed on...

The author of a Senate bill that seeks to legalize marijuana use in the CNMI urges the House of Representatives to review and amend it accordingly after the lower chamber recently questioned the measure’s revenue-generating provisions. Sen. Sixto K. Igisomar (R-Saipan), author of...