A promising new path to adult-use cannabis legalization is developing in Hawaii.
The state’s attorney general, Anne Lopez, has submitted a comprehensive proposal to create a framework for establishing a retail market for recreational marijuana, Hawaii News Now reported.
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Lopez has previously opposed adult-use legalization, but her 294-page plan for a recreational marijuana market includes:
A 10% cannabis sales tax and a 4.25% excise tax. Grants and other support mechanisms to transition legacy operators into the regulated market. Establishing a regulatory agency to oversee the program, as well as enforcement, social equity provisions and product testing.
“The attorney general has done a really good job pulling together all of the different input and providing a comprehensive bill,” House Judiciary Chair David Tarnas told Hawaii News Now.
Lopez wants to see adult-use retailers in operation 18 months if the legislation is approved, Hawaii News
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