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Apr. 3—The latest effort to legalize recreational marijuana for adults appears dead once again after House Finance Chair Kyle Yamashita declined to hold a vote on Senate Bill 3335. The latest ...
Around January 7, the Hawaii Attorney General released an over 300-page draft legalization bill to be considered by the state legislature. [39] A state senate legalization bill, SB3335, was introduced on January 24. [40] Hawaii SB 2487 was introduced around January 26. [41]
The legislature passed a reconciled version of the bill on May 20 and sent it to the governor to become law. [41] In Hawaii, a "dual use" task force was authorized by the state legislature in 2021 to study and recommend options for legalization "to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2023 ...
Cannabis in Hawaii is illegal for recreational use, but decriminalized for possession of three grams or less. Medical use was legalized through legislation passed in 2000, making Hawaii the first state to legalize medical use through state legislature rather than through ballot initiative.
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Timeline of Gallup polls in US on legalizing marijuana. [1]In the United States, cannabis is legal in 39 of 50 states for medical use and 24 states for recreational use. At the federal level, cannabis is classified as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act, determined to have a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use, prohibiting its use for any purpose. [2]
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It became the first state to legalize the commercial sale of recreational cannabis through an act of state legislature. [72] 2019: Hawaii decriminalizes cannabis through state legislature. [73] 2020: Virginia decriminalizes cannabis through state legislature. [74] 2020: Vermont legalizes commercial recreational cannabis sales through state ...