Hawaii House Approves Proposal For Cannabis Exemption From DEA Hawaii lawmakers approved Wednesday a proposal that seeks an exemption from Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) regulations, asking that the state is allowed to manage its medical ca...

April 1, 2021

South Dakota AG aborts defense of adult-use cannabis initiative, Hawaii Senate votes for legalization, and New Jersey is still struggling to figure out the details of its cannabis ballot measure. Hawaii Senate Committee on Public Safety, Intergov...

February 20, 2021

On Tuesday lawmakers from both houses, the Senate and the House finalized and passed a bill (HB-1383) aimed at decriminalizing low-level cannabis possession offenses and vacating past convictions. Democratic Governor David Ige will not take the fi...

May 2, 2019

Lawmakers from both houses, the Senate and the House finalized and passed an important piece of legislation (the House Bill 1383) on Tuesday. The measure is aimed at decriminalizing low-level cannabis possession offenses and vacating past convicti...

May 1, 2019

The measure adopted by the Senate Ways and Means Committee on Friday says possession of 3 grams or less of marijuana could be a petty misdemeanor punishable by a $30 fine. Three grams is equal to one-tenth of an ounce. The bill would purge crimin...

April 6, 2019

An important piece of legislation (the House Bill-708/Senate Bill SB-686) is pending; the legislation is aimed at legalizing the possession, cultivation, use, and retail sale of small amounts of cannabis for adult use. As per the legislation, any...

January 3, 2019

In order to counter the latest move by the Attorney General Jeff Sessions aimed at enforcing stricter federal marijuana laws in states which have legalized medical marijuana, a bipartisan bill was introduced in the House on Thursday. The proposed ...

February 17, 2018

Medical marijuana issues were discussed in great detail by the House and Senate health committees this week. In particular, three wide-ranging bills, i.e. HB 2733, Senate Bill 2718, and HB 2729 were discussed; these bills propose that visitors who...

February 10, 2018