Thousands In Hawaii With Arrest Records For Marijuana Possession Could Have Them Expunged March 6, 2024 AggregatedNews Hawaii 0 Comments Over 36,000 people in Hawaii arrested for possessing less than 3 grams of marijuana before that offense was decriminalized in 2019 could have all or part of their criminal records expunged at no cost if legislation to amend the state’s… Read More→
Hawaii Lawmakers Approve Recreational Marijuana Legalization Bill February 14, 2024 AggregatedNews Hawaii 0 Comments Two Hawaii legislative committees on Tuesday approved a bill to legalize recreational marijuana, with lawmakers in both panels voting to advance the measure after adopting several amendments to the legislation. The measure, which was introduced in both the Hawaii Senate… Read More→
Hawaii attorney general issues clear roadmap for legalizing recreational marijuana November 20, 2023 AggregatedNews Hawaii 0 Comments In a breakthrough for recreational marijuana use in Hawaii, Attorney General Anne Lopez has proposed a comprehensive plan designed to overcome hurdles that have blocked legalization for years. Right now in Hawaii, the only way to buy marijuana legally is… Read More→
Hawaiian Senate puff, puff, passes recreational marijuana bill to the House March 9, 2023 AggregatedNews Hawaii 0 Comments A bill to legalize cannabis for recreational use in Hawaiʻi will move from the Senate to the House of Representatives this week. If passed during this session, Hawaiʻi would be the 22nd state to legalize the drug. Senate Bill 669 would… Read More→
Hawaii Senator Votes ‘No’ Then ‘Yes’ To Legalize Marijuana February 17, 2023 AggregatedNews Hawaii 0 Comments The Hawaii Capitol can be full of surprises. At a joint hearing Thursday, Republican Sen. Brenton Awa first voted “no” then voted “yes” on a bill that would legalize marijuana in Hawaii. Awa said he supports legalizing marijuana. In fact,… Read More→
Push to legalize recreational cannabis underway in Hawaii January 12, 2023 AggregatedNews Hawaii 0 Comments A recent local government-led task force report on legalizing adult recreational cannabis use is neither for nor against making such a change in Hawaii, but a concerted push has begun for the Legislature to do it this year. A recent… Read More→
Patients fear losing access to medical cannabis amid push to restrict amateur grow operations in Hawaii April 14, 2021 AggregatedNews Hawaii 0 Comments Since the day medical cannabis was legalized in Hawaii more than two decades ago, the program has centered around the rights of patients and caregivers to grow their own marijuana. But now, state health officials want to create new rules… Read More→
Committee passes marijuana decriminalization bill in Hawaii February 17, 2021 AggregatedNews Hawaii 0 Comments A measure that would decriminalize the possession of up to 1 ounce of marijuana passed its first committee hearing on Tuesday. Senate Bill 758 would increase from 3 grams to 1 ounce the minimum amount of marijuana that a defendant… Read More→
Lawmakers push to legalize marijuana for personal use in Hawaii February 5, 2021 AggregatedNews Hawaii 0 Comments Outside medical cannabis use, more than a half dozen marijuana-related bills, including a measure to legalize its recreational use, have been introduced this legislative session. Not one had secured a hearing before an assigned committee as of press-time Thursday. Feb.… Read More→
Marijuana legislation rolling along in Hawaii March 8, 2020 AggregatedNews Hawaii 0 Comments About one-third of the marijuana-related bills introduced in the state Legislature this year have successfully passed the halfway point before possibly becoming law. Thursday marked the deadline for all bills to cross over into their nonoriginating chamber — that is,… Read More→
Hawaiʻi’s Medical Marijuana Oligopoly October 4, 2019 AggregatedNews Hawaii 0 Comments It seems crazy that though Hawaiʻi has legalized medical marijuana, many patients still buy from the black market because it’s easier, cheaper and there’s more variety. The state government opted for a tightly controlled, vertically integrated industry of eight companies.… Read More→
Hawaii has decriminalized marijuana July 10, 2019 AggregatedNews Hawaii 0 Comments Hawaii on Tuesday decriminalized marijuana, making it the 26th state to decriminalize or legalize the drug. The new law removes the possibility of jail time as a penalty for up to three grams of marijuana, but maintains a $130 fine. Hawaii’s Democrat-controlled… Read More→
Hawaii Dispensaries Can Now Serve Out-of-State Cannabis Patients March 7, 2019 AggregatedNews Hawaii 0 Comments Traveling to Hawaii just got a whole lot easier for out-of-state medical marijuana patients. The state Department of Health announced this week that Hawaii will now allow visitors who are qualified to receive medical marijuana elsewhere in the US to… Read More→
Hawaii decides again not to legalize marijuana March 4, 2019 AggregatedNews Hawaii 0 Comments On the political spectrum, Hawaii is among the bluest of states. Democrats control all the levers of power at the state and federal levels, and voters back Democratic presidential candidates over Republicans by some of the widest margins in the… Read More→
By next year, out-of-state medical marijuana users will be able to buy cannabis in Hawaii, but there’s a catch August 23, 2018 AggregatedNews Hawaii 0 Comments Out-of-state medical marijuana users next year will be able to buy cannabis products at dispensaries in Hawaii. The only hitches: Visitors will need to apply online and pay $45 (plus a $4.50 processing fee) for a temporary Hawaii medical marijuana… Read More→