The bill to establish a drug court in the Commonwealth is to be made law this week.<\/p>\n
Acting governor Ralph Torres is scheduled to sign the measure, House Bill 19-94, this Wednesday in front of Cabinet members, lawmakers and other officials in the Office of the Governor\u2019s conference room on Capital Hill.<\/p>\n
The growing scourge of methamphetamine or \u201cice\u201d use in the CNMI has driven public consensus in establishing the drug court.<\/p>\n
The bill first passed the House of Representatives in late August. The Senate passed the bill in October without amendments.<\/p>\n
The bill establishes a specialized court that incorporates drug dependency treatment with continuous judicial supervision for qualifying defendants, for both adults and juveniles.<\/p>\n
The bill will establish a drug court within the Commonwealth Superior Court to operate a \u201ccollaborative non-adversarial system to effect the rehabilitation and recovery of drug offenders through continuous court monitoring, regular drug testing, and holistic drug dependency treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n
The bill was introduced by Rep. Joseph \u201cLee Pan\u201d Guerrero (R-Saipan).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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