Hawaii’s governor is proposing that the state open up entry to medical hashish after the failure of an adult-use legalization invoice.
The island state’s newest try to legalize leisure marijuana died earlier this month within the Hawaii Home of Representatives.
Gov. Josh Inexperienced realized of the invoice’s failure throughout a TV interview with a Hawaii Information Now program.
Then he informed the Honolulu-based Highlight Now present of “a potential resolution:” Altering the state’s medical marijuana guidelines to make hashish accessible for any well being situation, though a doctor-approved registration card nonetheless can be required.
“This is able to make (marijuana) very accessible … for many who select it of their lives and nonetheless preserve youngsters secure, which is everybody’s precedence,” Inexperienced stated.
In line with Hawaii Information Now, “The governor hopes his compromise could be carried out with out legislative motion, though if the Well being Division has to vary its guidelines, that course of can nonetheless take many months.”
Inexperienced stated he believes adult-use marijuana ought to be authorized.
Nonetheless, he didn’t decide to launching a brand new leisure hashish legalization try subsequent 12 months.
Hawaii’s regulated medical marijuana program at the moment requires registered sufferers to have one in every of a number of qualifying medical circumstances.
This system is approaching 32,000 sufferers, or 2.2% of the state inhabitants, in response to the newly launched 2024 MJBiz Factbook.