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9 GCA § 67.601

Importation of Controlled Substances

Guam Code AnnotatedTitle 9 — Crimes and Corrections
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(a)Except for a person registered pursuant to § 67.606 of this Act or exempted pursuant to § 67.604 or § 67.605 of this Act, it shall be unlawful and punishable as a felony of the first degree to import into Guam any controlled substance listed in Schedule I or II of this Act or any narcotic drug listed in Schedules III, IV or V of this Act, except that:

(1)such amounts of crude opium and coca leaves as the Attorney General finds to be necessary to provide for medical, scientific or other legitimate purposes; and

(2)such amounts of any controlled substance listed in Schedule I or II of this Act or any narcotic drug listed in Schedule III, IV or V of this Act, that the Attorney General finds to be necessary to provide for the medical, scientific or other legitimate needs of Guam:

(A)during an emergency in which domestic supplies of such substance or drug are found by the Attorney General to be inadequate; or

(B)in any case in which the Attorney General finds that competition among domestic manufacturers of the controlled substance is inadequate and will not be rendered adequate by the registration of additional manufacturers under Article 3 of this Act, may be so imported under such regulations as the Attorney General prescribe. No crude opium may be so imported for the purpose of manufacturing heroin or smoking opium. CH. 67 GUAM UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT

(b)It shall be unlawful and punishable as a felony of the third degree to import into Guam from any place outside thereof any non-narcotic controlled substance listed in Schedules III, IV or V of this Act, unless such non-narcotic controlled substance:

(1)is imported for medical, scientific or other legitimate uses; and

(2)is imported pursuant to such notification or declaration requirements as the Attorney General may, by rule, prescribe.

(c)In addition to the amount of coca leaves authorized to be imported into Guam under Subsection

(a)of this Section, the Attorney General may permit the importation of additional amounts of coca leaves. All cocaine and ecgonine, and all salts, derivatives and preparations from which cocaine or ecgonine may be synthesized or made, contained in such additional amounts of coca leaves imported under this Subsection shall be destroyed under the supervision of an authorized representative of the Attorney General.

Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.