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Will it finally happen this year? - Beachboy - 01-19-2014
Why are we the only medical cannabis state that doesn't allow dispensaries? Are our local Japanese, so called liberal Democrats still gonna cower to law enforcement? 80 years of prohibition is a powerful tool, but it's time. Plus, it' time our local law enforcement start going after the tough criminals isn't it?
I'm 60 years old, and I'm tired of looking over my shoulder because of a harmless plant!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/16/hawaii-marijuana-dispensa_n_4613146.html
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RE: Will it finally happen this year? - birdmove - 01-19-2014
I just "hit" 60 last November 1st. We moved here from Washington State. Sure, as soon as I leave they legalize it.
Jon in Keaau/HPP
RE: Will it finally happen this year? - Beachboy - 01-19-2014
http://reshapproachhawaii.org/2014/01/19/obama-on-legalization-its-important-for-it-to-go-forward/
One more reason why is should at the very least become decriminalized in Hawaii. With only a $100.00 fine, not a $1,000.00 fine that was purposed last year during legislative season. Reasoning behind such a fine was, to make House keep an interest in bill.
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RE: Will it finally happen this year? - Kapohocat - 01-19-2014
Why dont we just make weed legal and be done with it? How do us citizens get it on a ballot so we vote for it not the state pols.
1) use while /driving comes under the DUI laws.
2) I wonder if tourism to Big Island would increase?
3) And if you could sell it at the farmer's markets like produce?
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] And it would be labeled GMO / Non-GMO ? []4) save PD money for real drug crimes (like meth, etc).
5) Have weed bars or maybe weed/Kava together?
6) Couldn't you see the weed tours just like wine tours in Napa?
Just some random ideas.
RE: Will it finally happen this year? - kalakoa - 01-19-2014
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Why are we the only medical cannabis state that doesn't allow dispensaries?
Look no further than the current MMJ program: it's under DOJ, not DOH where it "belongs".
RE: Will it finally happen this year? - Guest - 01-20-2014
Is it hard to get a medical marijuana card on the BI ?
if so, I would think it would be easy to grow your own!
RE: Will it finally happen this year? - kalakoa - 01-20-2014
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if so, I would think it would be easy to grow your own!
The current regime has no provision for acquiring seeds or starts (or product), compliance requires everything to "magically fall from the sky" into the permit holders' lap.
RE: Will it finally happen this year? - CoreyTaber - 01-20-2014
The best part about legal weed in Colorado is what it'll do for schools - state tax of 25%, with municipal authority to increase at will (Boulder adds another 10%) and a large portion designated for schools and education. That's enough reason for nearly any conservative to acknowledge fiscal sensibility.
RE: Will it finally happen this year? - kalakoa - 01-20-2014
In almost every case, "new revenue for schools" means the current revenue streams are reduced by a corresponding amount: the new taxes are "instead of", rather than "in addition to".
RE: Will it finally happen this year? - CoreyTaber - 01-20-2014
That sometimes happens, but not always. I'm from Oklahoma, and our tribes are mostly casino tribes now - the revenue that comes from tribal casinos didn't replace state funding, but supplemented it. More revenue is still more revenue, by whatever margin - NONE of that is as if to say I trust the governments to spend it appropriately.