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dispensaries: running joke
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http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/news...ugh-delays

dispensaries such as Aloha Green on Oahu have no income despite payroll, rent and operations expenses that top $100,000 a month.

State officials say they are waiting on documents from the three laboratories that have applied, and are likely to approve at least one lab sometime this summer. But they don’t want to rush and risk approving an unsafe product.


PBN recently interviewed the DoH director, who said that despite collecting $1.3M in fees (66 applications at $5000, 8 initial licenses at $75000, 8 renewals at $50000) the dispensary program needs to identify a revenue stream for their ongoing operations.

Meanwhile, money allocated for the industrial hemp program is probably going to revert to the general fund:

http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/news/loca...ed-project

The largest obstacle is a delay in securing necessary permits to import hemp seeds to Hawaii for the state Department of Agriculture’s new pilot program. These seeds would be distributed to up to three growers, who would develop a Hawaii-specific cultivar of hemp. A request for proposals for the project closed in May.

Funding for the seed project was allocated by the state Legislature, but if the permits are not secured by June 30, it will lapse and return to the general fund.

The DOA applied for its import permit in November 2016 and was told the process would take between six to eight weeks.


Oh well. Who needs local business and industry when we can just apply for more Green Harvest grants?
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kalakoa @ 07:36:38-
Just like the DEA and Customs screwing a long standing noni supplement producer in Hilo right now.
See Civil Beat article, 6/7/2017.
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#3
The dispensary program was an insider project for well-connected rich guys from the get-go. Hard to summon up any sympathy for the operators, although it would be nice for the patients to get legal weed. Even that may be a stretch, however, because word is that black market weed will be cheaper due to all the regulations and overhead expenses. Why am I not surprised?
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Originally posted by Chunkster

... black market weed ...


I prefer to call it generic
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#5
an insider project for well-connected rich guys

...who are being taken for a ride. It's not clear how they will ever make back their investment, maybe they know something we don't?

dengue would have to wait until we got the pot dispensaries

...and the hepatitis-A outbreak, and the cases of mumps. I wonder what else.
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#6
My guess is the state is struggling to decide just who gets the kickbacks and bribes.
Assume the best and ask questions.

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#7
The running joke is the "medical" need for marijuana.
Puna: Our roosters crow first
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Rob @ 15:06:23-
I agree, and the Feds, (DEA and Customs) are trying to destroy long operating (under other ownership and management,and name, Hawaii NoniPower Cooperative in Hilo.
DEA and Customs have seized their new encapsulating machine and are holding it in Honolulu.
I guess Don Gleason and Herb Moniz aren't connected enough, and don't have the palm grease enough.
Please see the 6/6/2017 article in Honolulu Civil Beat about the situation.[}Smile][Sad!][V]
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#9
First the administration came for the environment, but I didn't care because I thought global warming was a hoax.
Then they came for the Muslims, and I said come & get 'em because I don't want no Sharia Law in America.
Now they're after immigrants, but I hope they kick them all out, because they should follow all the laws like I do.
Today they're cracking down on Medical Marijuana - - whoa dude - - wait a minute, what?

Hawaii's dispensaries may never open their doors:
Jeff Sessions just asked Congress to let a law expire that protects states with legal marijuana:

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has asked Congress to let a policy expire that protects states that have legalized marijuana from federal interference, when it comes up for renewal later this year. In a letter sent to congressional leaders last month—which was obtained by MassRoots—Sessions reaffirmed the Justice Department's "opposition" to the protective measure.
https://www.attn.com/stories/17647/jeff-...protection
"I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun." - Keanu Reeves
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#10
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Originally posted by glinda

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Originally posted by EightFingers

The running joke is the "medical" need for marijuana.
Ah.. and I suppose you know that to be the case based on what? Scientific research you participated in? Or what, your opinion?

Back in my younger days I "participated" quite a many times in research. Wink

But I think what he was referring to, is that seemingly the vocal majority in the legalization of marijuana discussions for medical use are people who appear to have no interest in the medical perspective of it all. Something I personally find insulting, and quite detrimental to the cause at hand. One only needs to look at the thread by glassnumbers that got locked about a month ago to get a glimpse into what I mean.

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...I am curious, what do you think of "legal" pharmaceuticals such as opiate derivatives? What do you think of alcohol? In those cases they are legal and yet much more destructive when used for medical or recreational purposes than pot is. Do they, in your opinion, have a real purpose or are they a joke too?

I was not aware that there were many medical uses for alcohol... perhaps I am reading your statement wrong.
Never the less, I personally believe any measurable destructiveness of the above mentioned comes from their recreational use rather than their medicinal... wouldn't you agree? And in that, I don't think we can yet compare the destructiveness of alcohol to marijuana until both are legal, at which point then they are on level grounds for comparison.
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