As the Hawaii State Department of Health makes its way toward implementing new policies regulating the opening of medical marijuana dispensaries around the state, patients and caregivers along with medical professionals interested in learning more about the fledgling industry will be at the Blaisdell Exhibition Hall this weekend for the second annual Hawaii Cannabis Expo.
Although Hawaii legalized medical marijuana in 2000, patients were still forced to either grow their own medicine or turn to the illegal black market to purchase what they needed until 2015, when a new law was passed allowing dispensaries to operate in the state. Last month, eight companies were given the green light to start growing medical marijuana as part of a new seed-to-sale tracking system.
