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Champions and Supporters: Why Hawaii Still Can’t Legalize Cannabis

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From RN Collins, selected work

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Research cited

  1. Cannabis Public Policy Consulting for the Hawaii Department of Health, An Economic Analysis of the Current Medical and Future Adult-Use Cannabis Market in Hawai'i (December 19, 2025) health.hawaii.gov

Other sources

  1. ACLU, In a National First, Governor of Hawaii Signs First Legislative Medical Marijuana Bill (June 14, 2000) aclu.org
  2. Hawaii Department of Health, Medical Cannabis Registry, laws and related documents (Act 228 SLH 2000; Act 241 SLH 2015) health.hawaii.gov
  3. Hawaii News Now, May 4, 2015, dispensaries bill approved hawaiinewsnow.com
  4. Federal Register, 91 FR 22714, Schedules of Controlled Substances: Rescheduling of Food and Drug Administration Approved Products Containing Marijuana From Schedule I to Schedule III (April 28, 2026) federalregister.gov
  5. Hawai'i Alliance for Cannabis Reform, 2026 Hawai'i Cannabis Bills; Marijuana Moment, February 11, 2026 legalizehawaii.org

Images, slide by slide

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The Hawaii State Capitol in Honolulu seen from Beretania Street, the building where the legislature meets and where Act 228 of 2000 was passedPhoto: Daniel RamirezPhoto record
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Illustrative photo: the Hawaii State Capitol in HonoluluPhoto: Daniel RamirezPhoto record
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Illustrative photo: the State of Hawaii seal, dated 1959, hung on the facade of the Hawaii State Capitol in Honolulu, where the Senate meetsPhoto: FarragutfulPhoto record
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Illustrative photo: the central rotunda of the Hawaii State Capitol in Honolulu, open to the skyPhoto: Daniel RamirezPhoto record
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Illustrative photo: the makai side of the Hawaii State Capitol in Honolulu, with the state seal above tall columnsPhoto: Daniel RamirezPhoto record
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Illustrative photo: the terminal building and control tower of Honolulu International Airport, now Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, with an Aloha sign, where international visitors arrivePhoto: redlegsfan21Photo record
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The Guam Congress Building in Hagatna, the seat of the territory's legislature, which passed Guam's adult-use cannabis law in 2019Photo: LittleT889Photo record
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The entrance of the John A. Wilson Building in Washington, D.C., the city hall where the mayor and council sitPhoto: APKPhoto record
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The east front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., where Congress passes the spending bills that carry the Harris RiderPhoto: Martin FalbisonerPhoto record
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Illustrative photo: the breezeway of the Hawaii State Capitol in Honolulu, a wide open passage under a coffered concrete ceiling between two large columns, with the courtyard and palm trees beyondPhoto: Warren LeMayPhoto record
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Illustrative photo: the Drug Enforcement Administration Museum and Visitors Center entrance in Arlington, Virginia, beside the agency that schedules controlled substances under the April 28, 2026 rulePhoto: Thomson200Photo record
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Illustrative photo: the Hawaii State Capitol seen from another sidePhoto: Daniel RamirezPhoto record
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Illustrative photo: the Kanaina Building, the old Hawaii State Archives, in Honolulu, a white neoclassical building among palm treesPhoto: Steven PavlovPhoto record

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