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If Adult Use Passes Without Farmers, Here’s What Happens Next

December 31, 2025 by editor

Adult use cannabis legalization will return to the Hawaiʻi Legislature.The outcome will depend less on whether it passes and more on how it is structured. If adult use passes without meaningful farmer … View source

Categories News and Analysis Tags adult use cannabis, farmer inclusion, Hawaii policy, market structure

Dispensaries Are Not Farmers. Policy Should Stop Treating Them the Same.

December 31, 2025 by editor

Cannabis policy in Hawaiʻi often treats dispensaries and farmers as interchangeable. They are not. This confusion sits at the center of every flawed cannabis bill introduced so far. Until lawmakers separate these … View source

Categories News and Analysis Tags cannabis policy, dispensaries, farmers, Hawaii agriculture

Why Hawaiʻi Cannot Copy Mainland Cannabis Models

December 31, 2025 by editor

Hawaiʻi does not have the option of copying mainland cannabis policy. Geography, infrastructure, land use, and cost structure make Hawaiʻi fundamentally different from states that legalized earlier. Policy that ignores those differences … View source

Categories News and Analysis Tags adult use cannabis
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