{"id":344258,"date":"2021-05-14T06:05:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T20:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=344258"},"modified":"2021-05-14T06:05:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T20:05:00","slug":"ccc-issues-1st-retail-class-iii-cannabis-license","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/ccc-issues-1st-retail-class-iii-cannabis-license\/","title":{"rendered":"CCC issues 1st retail, class III cannabis license"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Members of the CNMI Cannabis Commission and Saipan Select LLC pose with Gov. Ralph DLG Torres, seated second from left, and Lt. Gov. Arnold I. Palacios, seated second from right, and\u00a0Senate President Jude U. Hofschneider (R-Tinian), standing leftmost, after signing the\u00a0Producer Class III and retail licenses\u00a0yesterday at the Governor\u2019s Office on Capital Hill. (JUSTINE NAUTA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The CNMI Cannabis Commission issued the first Producer Class III and retail licenses to Saipan Select, LLC yesterday at the Governor\u2019s Office on Capital Hill.<\/p>\n

According to CCC, the Producer Class III license is the largest of the commercial production licenses that CCC offers, which permits the licensee up to 5,000 square feet of canopy space for legal planting, cultivation, growth, harvesting, drying, and sale of cannabis to licensed wholesalers, processors, retailers, lounges, laboratories, and\/or research certificate holders in the CNMI.<\/p>\n

Former Department of Public Safety commissioner Claudio K. Norita, who mans the security of Saipan Select, projects that the community can start buying from them in six to eight weeks, depending on their harvest. He added that they can start opening their place, but the \u201cmain product\u201d is cannabis, and they don\u2019t want to open without it.<\/p>\n

Harvesting cannabis means that the plant is at its final phase of farming and will be ready to be sold. When asked about the revenue that Saipan Select estimates to generate, Norita said it depends on how many plants are good enough to sell.<\/p>\n

\u201cDepending on how many [seedlings] grow. \u2026We could plant 600 seedlings, [but we could] lose some. \u2026You can guess how much you\u2019re going to get, but you won\u2019t get it until you harvest,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Norita said the company is looking into giving discounts to those who have cancer or are severely ill, veterans, and the elderly populations.<\/p>\n

According to Norita, CCC is firm in making sure that Saipan Select, as well as other licensed sellers, follow CCC\u2019s rules and regulations. This means that Saipan Select cannot donate any samples or gift cards to any raffles or have anyone else to sell their product.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very positive, we\u2019re aggressive also, in the way we\u2019re doing this now. It\u2019s a new venture and we\u2019re learning also as we go. We\u2019re setting the path for future licensees, and at the same time building a relationship,\u201d said Norita.<\/p>\n

Norita said Saipan Select will have its grand opening as soon their harvest is ready. The grand opening will be at their retail store, which is behind the Tanapag cemetery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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