Cannabis legalization inches toward reality after the House of Representatives accepted last Friday the Senate changes to a bill that amends the law that created the Commonwealth Cannabis Commission.<\/p>\n
With a vote of 14-4 in favor of accepting the Senate changes to Rep. John Paul Sablan\u2019s (R-Saipan) House Bill 21-13, HD1, SS1, the bill now heads to Gov. Ralph DLG Torres\u2019 desk for enactment.<\/p>\n
The bill grants the cannabis commission the authority to promulgate regulations to regulate the cannabis industry. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt has been six months since I initially introduced it to the House. We are glad that\u2026it\u2019s on its way to the [Torres] administration\u2019s office,\u201d Sablan said in an interview.<\/p>\n
The bill, when signed, gives the cannabis commissioners six months to come up with regulations for the industry.<\/p>\n
The commission representatives\u2014Matt Deleon Guerrero, Nadine Deleon Guerrero, Valentino Taisakan, Lawrence Duponcheel, and Thomas Songsong\u2014consist of three representing Saipan and one each for Rota and Tinian.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce they [cannabis commission] hit that gavel, that is when the clock starts ticking,\u201d Sablan said. \u201c\u2026But nothing stops the commission from promulgating rules before six months.\u201d <\/p>\n
Sablan encourages the commission to \u201ctake their time\u201d when it comes to coming up with the regulations.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is, for me, a big [undertaking]. I know that\u2026after the promulgation of rules and it gets in the [Commonwealth] Register, everything starts. \u2026I expect the commissioners to [be] very thorough and to make the best rules and regulations they can,\u201d he said. \u201cI am hoping in the near future that, when everything is done, we realize an increase in tourists, ultimately benefitting our Commonwealth.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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