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still no dispensaries!
#1
http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/news/stat...ana-plants

State still doesn't have the tracking software, but that doesn't matter because there's no testing labs available.

In other words, typical Hawaii process. I wonder if the dispensaries will have to pay their annual permit renewal fees despite not being allowed to open?
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#2
HA HA HA!

Welcome to the 3rd world.
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#3
The state will drag it out as long as they can they don't dispensaries .

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#4
Note the wording in the article:

Dispensaries in Hawaii were legally allowed to open in July, but none were ready.

So many shades of half-truth. Yes, dispensaries could technically open in July, but they would not be allowed to actually sell any marijuana product because the State isn't ready.

unclear whether openings will be delayed by issues such as a the lack of laboratories

Same as above: no sales without tracking (not yet available, but State has "signed a contract") or lab certification (for which State has received no applications).

There's probably another lawsuit in there somewhere -- maybe State can pay for legal defense with the $1M in application fees they collected?
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#5
"There's probably another lawsuit in there somewhere -- maybe State can pay for legal defense with the $1M in application fees they collected?"

Haven't heard much about the Mike Ruggles racketeering case against the state recently. Perhaps that has something to do with it?
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#6
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Originally posted by kalakoa

Note the wording in the article:

There's probably another lawsuit in there somewhere -- maybe State can pay for legal defense with the $1M in application fees they collected?


caught my interest on the "$1,000,000 application fee"? So, geez is it actually that difficult to check with google?

If you're gonna bitch about stuff, best you get you facts straight. There's no $1M application fee, it's $5,000 and if approved, 1 time $75k Licensing then $50,000 annual renewal.

http://health.hawaii.gov/medicalmarijuan...9D-HRS.pdf

The million or actually $1.2m is, moreover, to simplify, a bonding requirement in the business's reserve.

The language being used is a bit awkward as it implies that it's a surety that you have the funds for the start up operation, yet upon annual renewal there's implications which, that amount is a constant inside of the license holder's account. .

It's sort of ambiguous but, may be so due to current federal structure whereas, an actual legal surety bond may not be enforceable or issuable without federal governance. [wink]

If anything is meritorious to 'pitch-a-bitch' about, it's the Island monopolies that stupid Chapter 329D HRS creates. .

That can, could, may and most likely will, turn into the nightmare from pot street.

IDK but maybe, here's an idea; maybe you should lay off the pot a while, relieve your self from the potential loss of cognitive process, that's causing your depression. Take a vacation from your vacation? eh?
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#7
There's no $1M application fee, it's $5,000 and if approved, 1 time $75k Licensing then $50,000 annual

$5K per application, $75K per license. It adds up pretty quick -- sure, it's not quite $1M, but pretty close, somewhere around $900K, all paid in advance, despite not being allowed to do business.
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#8
all paid in advance, despite not being allowed to do business.

I didn't think it was possible, but the state has found a way to make the cost of not doing business in Hawaii even higher than the cost of actually doing business in Hawaii.

Maybe dispensary owners and workers can apply for state and county jobs, now that they have the background and experience in how to make the system work even less for business.

No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly; and this self-deceit is yet stronger with respect to the offspring of the mind. -Miguel de Cervantes, novelist (1547-1616)
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#9
While the State of Hawaii was keeping dispensaries from opening, voters in California and Nevada approved recreational marijuana.

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#10
Massachusetts too. And 3 more adopted medical.
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