Hawaii’s sagging medical marijuana market is set to expand after the governor signed a bill into law that allows for more qualified patients and for dispensaries to sell more products.
It’s a welcome boost for cannabis in Hawaii, where adult-use marijuana legalization failed again this spring.
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The June 27 signing of House Bill 302 was unexpected because Gov. Josh Green, himself a physician, indicated as recently as June 24 his intent to veto the bill over privacy concerns.
However, there’s a unique twist: The bill’s language also allows MMJ dispensaries to sell “hemp products.”
Hawaii’s MMJ program remains extremely modest, with roughly 30,000 registered patients as of last fall – a decrease of 15% from a peak of 35,444, according to state data.
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