Hawaii Medical Marijuana News
Despite growing optimism that Hawaii would launch an adult-use cannabis market this year, hopes vanished this week when House Finance Chair Kyle Yamashita declined to hold a vote on the legalization bill.
Hawaii’s Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill to legalize adult-use marijuana retail and cultivation.
Hawaii lawmakers have introduced several marijuana-related bills this session as momentum grows to establish an adult-use program in the state after Democratic Gov. Josh Green again signaled support for legalization.
Hawaii Attorney general Anne Lopez has submitted a comprehensive proposal to create a framework for establishing a retail market for adult-use cannabis in the state.
Some cannabis executives are hopeful that if the federal government moves marijuana from Schedule 1 to 3 of the Controlled Substances Act, then transporting MJ products across state lines will be allowed.
An unlicensed marijuana farm in Hawaii was raided early Wednesday by local police, state narcotics officers and federal agents.
A handful of medical cannabis companies in Hawaii are selling and delivering wholesale flower and other marijuana products from one island to another, a first for the state and a rare sales route anywhere in the U.S.
