Hawaii: Medi-Pot For Anxiety, Insomnia?
It took 15 years to evolve from legalizing medical marijuana to allowing dispensaries, but additional changes could come much quicker.
It’s only been three months since Gov. David Ige signed a bill legalizing medical marijuana dispensaries in Hawaii, but lawmakers are already drafting new legislation to amend Act 241.
Potential amendments range from eliminating the ban against interisland transport of medical cannabis to adding new qualifying ailments such as anxiety and insomnia.
“We’ve been identifying areas where there might not be as much clarity,” said Rep. Della Au Belatti, who chairs the House Health Committee and was one of the main authors of the law.
Under Act 241, licenses to grow and sell medical marijuana can be issued starting in April and dispensaries can open in July.
Medical marijuana was legalized in Hawaii 15 years ago, but the law required patients to grow their own plants or rely on
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