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Ban 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands

The Northern Marianas ban marijuana under the Trust Territory drug law

Index score

10011

−89 points

The Congress of Micronesia's Public Law 5-110, passed in the first special session of July-August 1974, enacted the Trust Territory Controlled Substances Act for the Mariana Islands district as for the rest of the territory.[1][2] Marihuana meant all parts of Cannabis sativa, its seeds and resin, and sat in Schedule I.[1]

Score by segment 0 to 10

  1. Possession · 25%10 1−9
  2. Personal cultivation · 25%10 1−9
  3. Punishment & enforcement · 20%10 2−8
  4. Sharing & gifting · 10%10 1−9
  5. Consumption · 10%10 1−9
  6. Legal access · 10%10 0−10

The bar shows the score after the change; the tick marks where it stood before. Northern Mariana Islands's scores have changed again since.

References

  1. FSM law archive — Trust Territory Controlled Substances Act (63 TTC ch. 4, COM P.L. 5-110)short title and P.L. No. 5-110; marihuana definition; Schedule I listing with tetrahydrocannabinol
  2. Congress of Micronesia Bibliography (Habele Institute)First Special Session of the Fifth Congress, 23 July-9 August 1974, Public Laws 5-90 through 5-110

Checked. The date and the event were compared with a source that was read. The score before the change is an editorial estimate.

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