Tag: hawaii
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How Many Medical Cannabis Patients Does Hawaii Have?
Hawaii first legalized cannabis for medical use in 2000, making it the first state in the U.S. to adopt a medical cannabis legalization measure via legislative action. Before Hawaii’s 2000 measure, all approved medical cannabis measures in the U.S. were the result of citizen initiatives. According to the most recent data from Hawaii’s Department of…
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How Much Is Hawaii’s Cannabis Market Worth?
In December 2022, the State of Hawaii’s Department of Health (Office of Medical Cannabis Control and Regulation) issued a report to Hawaii’s Legislature summarizing research on a potential ‘dual-use’ cannabis industry in which medical cannabis dispensaries in Hawaii would also be permitted to sell recreational cannabis products. The goal of the report was to “explore…