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In the shadow of hazy marijuana laws, Hawaiian patients rely on a network of hush-hush growers

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 08/19/2015 - 09:26

 

HONOLULU — Twenty minutes from the turquoise waves of White Plains Beach, Teri Heede’s garden stretches out from her Kapolei home where three marijuana plants are firmly potted in the backyard and a steep drop gives way to a view of deep blue water and mountains touching clouds. One of Hawaii’s many medical marijuana patients, Heede’s plants didn’t always produce enough for her medicinal needs, so she bought pot illegally from a dealer behind the local McDonald’s.

 

In Mililani, near the center of Oahu, Jari Sugano’s backyard is one of toys, the broken remains of bright red water balloons and a platform of wooden boards that keep two potted marijuana plants above the uneven and rocky ground. Sugano’s first cannabis plant came illegally from another Hawaiian caregiver. It was the only way she could grow medical marijuana for her now 6-year-old daughter.

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