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Guam: cannabis board member says that Guam buys 3 tons of illegal cannabis each year

Three tons. That’s how much Guam’s legal cannabis industry needs to produce in a year to match what is being sold illegally on island and undercut the illegal market, said William Parkinson, the public representative on the Cannabis Control Board.

“This is what I was able to crunch, with the data we have now,” Parkinson said during the board’s meeting last week. “This is to help us guide some of our decision-making and discussion.”

The board is drafting proposed rules and regulations for adult use cannabis, which became legal in April. It remains illegal to sell or trade cannabis for anything of value until the rules and regulations are implemented next year, but adults 21 and over currently can consume cannabis at home and grow a limited number of plants.

The board plans to review, and possibly approve, some of the rules and regulations during its meeting Dec. 3. The rules then will be adopted through the government’s administrative adjudication process, which requires a public hearing, review by the Department of Administration and approval by lawmakers.

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