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Cannabis in the American Samoa is fully illegal. Possession of any amount can result in a five year sentence of imprisonment and a mandatory $5,000 fine.[citation needed]
The 2001 American Samoa Drug Threat Assessment produced by the National Drug Intelligence Center notes that marijuana is the most widely used illegal drug on the island, though at 25% for youth lifetime use, its prevalence is just over half that of mainland America's 47%.[1]
Marijuana grows wild on the island,[2] and is produced locally for local consumption, as well as smuggled in by ship from the nation of Samoa,[1] though otherwise there is little evidence of cross-national trafficking of marijuana in Oceania as most regional countries are self-sufficient in its supply.[2]
References
- ^ a b National Drug Intelligence Center, US Department of Justice (June 2001). "American Samoa Drug Threat Assessment" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 2, 2010. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
- ^ a b Sandeep Chawla, Thibault Le Pichon, Research and Analysis Section, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (January 1, 2006). 2006 World Drug Report: Analysis (PDF). United Nations Publications. pp. 2093–. ISBN 978-92-1-148214-0.
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