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Hawaii’s first system of medical marijuana dispensaries are slated to open next summer, but certain rules adopted this past July are already in effect for current patients and caregivers.
Medical marijuana has been legal in the Islands since 2000.
The patient registry program was transferred earlier this year from the Hawaii Department of Public Safety to the Department of Health.
The health department’s new administrative rules were adopted July 18.
The rules include the mandate of tagging marijuana plants, mandatory possession of registration cards, and additions to the list of medical conditions that make a patient eligible to use cannabis as a medication.
“The addition of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and other recent updates to the medical marijuana registry rules reflect the Hawaii State Department of Health’s commitment to improve access to medical marijuana for Hawaii’s patients,” saidVirginia Pressler, director of the Hawaii Department of Health.
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