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In Hawaii, Hope Springs Eternal Following Adult-Use Defeat

June 18, 2024
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As the dust settles following the recent failure of Hawaiian state legislators to pass legislation regulating the sale of adult-use cannabis, licensed operators are once again left wondering what the future holds not just for the so-called recreational use of…

Hawaii Senate Kills ‘De Facto’ Weed Legalization

April 25, 2024
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A bill to increase the amount of marijuana a person can possess before facing stiff criminal penalties failed 15-9 in the Hawaii Senate on Monday. It was the second defeat of a measure at the Legislature this session to allow…

Hawaii Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Decriminalization Bill

The Hawaii House of Representatives last week approved legislation to expand the state’s decriminalization of marijuana, only three days after a bill to legalize recreational cannabis in the state was killed for this year by House leaders. The House voted…

Citing potential impacts, House leaders kill proposal to legalize recreational marijuana

A move to legalize marijuana for recreational use died Tuesday at the state Capitol, with opposing lawmakers saying more research is needed on the proposal’s potential impacts. Despite strong support in the state Senate, House leaders Tuesday afternoon announced they will…

Dug In: Big Island Grown’s Deep Cannabis Roots

March 27, 2024
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Big Island Grown (BIG) is a vertically integrated cannabis company based in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii County, on the Big Island of Hawaii, whose reach now extends to several islands in the archipelago, with plans to develop more wholesale trade as the…

Adult-Use Bill Barely Passes Divided Hawaiian House

SB3335, a bill that would make Hawaii the last Democrat-controlled state to legalize adult-use cannabis, passed the full House on Friday by the slimmest of margins: 25-23. The legislation, which includes amendments from the Senate version, heads to the Finance…

Hawaii House Advances Bill That Regulates ‘Entire’ Cannabis Plant

March 21, 2024
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Legalized adult use in Hawaii took another step forward Tuesday when a key House committee advanced SB3335, a bill that aims to kill two cannabis birds with one stoner piece of legislation. Following a public hearing that lasted well over…

Thousands In Hawaii With Arrest Records For Marijuana Possession Could Have Them Expunged

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…

Hawaii Lawmakers Approve Recreational Marijuana Legalization Bill

February 14, 2024
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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…

Hawaii attorney general issues clear roadmap for legalizing recreational marijuana

November 20, 2023
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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…

Hawaiian Senate puff, puff, passes recreational marijuana bill to the House

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…

Lawmakers find talking about legalizing recreational weed and doing it are very different things

February 21, 2023
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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Plans to legalize recreational marijuana are moving forward in the state Legislature. But even with the governor’s support, there are challenging speed bumps, including conflicts among those who already grow and sell cannabis for medical reasons. One…

Hawaii Senator Votes ‘No’ Then ‘Yes’ To Legalize Marijuana

February 17, 2023
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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,…

Push to legalize recreational cannabis underway in Hawaii

January 12, 2023
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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…

Patients fear losing access to medical cannabis amid push to restrict amateur grow operations in Hawaii

April 14, 2021
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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…