A handful of medical cannabis companies in Hawaii are selling and delivering wholesale flower and other marijuana products from one island to another, a first for the state and a rare sales route anywhere in the U.S.
Island hopping by plane, helicopter or boat is common for visitors and residents traversing the region, an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean that encompasses a land area totaling more than 6,000 miles.
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And now the state’s medical marijuana industry is hopping aboard to expand product offerings to thousands of MMJ patients.
Industry operators are reluctant to share details about how they are transporting product from one island to the next, given potential legal issues, among other reasons.
Traveling from one island to another requires crossing federal waters. And marijuana remains illegal under federal law.
But Hawaii legislators recently gave their blessing.
In June, lawmakers approved legislation allowing state-licensed companies
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