Aloha Registered Patients and Caregivers

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This message is to inform you of upcoming changes to Hawaii’s medical cannabis laws relating to caregivers and the personal cultivation of cannabis for medical use. If you or your caregiver cultivate cannabis, or plan to cultivate cannabis, there are two significant changes that will be implemented at the end of the year that may impact you. After December 31, 2024:

1. Caregivers will no longer be authorized to grow cannabis for a patient; and
   
   
2. A location or grow site can only be used by up to five (5) patients to cultivate cannabis.
   

This change will happen pursuant to section 329-130, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), Authorized Sources of Medical Cannabis. This past legislative session, the Office of Medical Cannabis Control and Regulation (OMCCR) submitted House Bill 2443 (HB 2443), which would have indefinitely extended the authorization for a caregiver to grow cannabis for their patient. Unfortunately, HB 2443 did not pass and the OMCCR is now required to implement section 329-130, HRS, as it is currently written.   


The legislature is really looking out for us !