The Commonwealth Cannabis Commission, which is tasked with coming up with the rules to regulate cannabis as an industry, is now complete.<\/p>\n
The commission, a five-man regulatory body, consists of Saipan representatives Matt Deleon Guerrero, Nadine Deleon Guerrero, and Valentino Taisakan, Rota representative Thomas Songsong, and recently announced Tinian representative Journie Hofschneider.<\/p>\n
All commissioners would be sworn in tomorrow, according to Gov. Ralph DLG Torres in a statement yesterday.<\/p>\n
\u201cI asked them to do their first official meeting to [designate] their officers. As soon as they do that, they are up and running,\u201d he told Saipan Tribune.<\/p>\n
Torres noted during the signing of the cannabis bill amendment, now known as Public Law 21-5, that the 180 days provided to the commission to come up with the regulations would start when they meet for the first time as commissioners.<\/p>\n
Even with the six months, Torres is expecting a rough draft in the \u201cnext couple of weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI ask the [commissioners] to work really hard in first addressing residential permits, commercial permits, and then the medicinal permits. I don\u2019t want the three licenses or permits to halt the process, so whichever is easier to push out, then push [it] out,\u201d he noted. \u201cIf they need to piecemeal the permits, then let\u2019s do that and let the cannabis issue and activities go on.\u201d<\/p>\n
Just yesterday, it was learned from Tinian Mayor Edwin Aldan that he and the Tinian Municipal Council just concluded hearings for Hofschneider\u2019s appointment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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