Guam § 67 - Importation of Controlled Substances.

§ 67. Importation of Controlled Substances.

(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.

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(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.

NOTE: Pursuant to the authority granted by 1 GCA § 1606, numbers and/or letters were altered to adhere to the

Compiler’s alpha-numeric scheme.