A law allowing medical marijuana caregivers to provide cannabis for patients in Hawaii will expire on Dec. 31 without legislative action.
“It really was a failure that we did not address this impending deadline, and now we have the crisis upon us,” state Rep. Della Belatti, who chairs the House Public Safety Committee, told Hawaii News Now.
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Hawaii’s caregiver program serves patients who either can’t grow cannabis at home or choose not to shop at state-licensed medical marijuana dispensaries.
As of Oct. 31, when the latest data was published by the Hawaii Department of Health, 2,628 caregivers were providing registered patients with medical cannabis.
Caregivers and registered MMJ patients in Hawaii are allowed to grow up to 10 cannabis plants.
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