{"id":1810,"date":"2012-01-14T18:57:51","date_gmt":"2012-01-14T18:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=10545"},"modified":"2012-01-14T18:57:51","modified_gmt":"2012-01-14T18:57:51","slug":"do-not-be-mislead-hawaii-not-so-laid-back-regarding-medical-marijuana-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/do-not-be-mislead-hawaii-not-so-laid-back-regarding-medical-marijuana-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Let Yourself Be Mislead: Hawaii not too Relaxed Regarding Medicinal Marijuana Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/do-not-be-mislead-hawaii-not-so-laid-back-regarding-medical-marijuana-program\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/hawaii.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"hawaii\" title=\"hawaii\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-11189\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/do-not-be-mislead-hawaii-not-so-laid-back-regarding-medical-marijuana-program\/attachment\/hawaii-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11189\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/hawaii.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a>Spotlight on Hawaii&#8217;s Medicinal Marijuana Laws and regulations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The majority of us are comfortable with the 16 states (and Washington D.C) that enable medicinal marijuana.\u00a0 However, much of the profession coverage tends to pay attention to Colorado and California with states like Hawaii flying individually distinct.\u00a0 In June of 2000, Governor Bill Cayetano signed Senate Bill 862 to determine the <a title=\"Hawaii Medical Marijuana Act\" href=\"http:\/\/www.safeaccessnow.org\/article.php?id=5977\" target=\"_blank\">Hawaii Medicinal Marijuana Act<\/a>. This bill removed condition-level criminal penalties for that use, possession and cultivation of medicinal marijuana by patients who&#8217;ve been given certification with a <a title=\"Certified physician\" href=\"http:\/\/www.medicalmarijuanaofhawaii.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">qualified physician<\/a>.\u00a0 This program is overseen by Hawaii&#8217;s <a title=\"Narcotics Enforcement Division\" href=\"http:\/\/hawaii.gov\/psd\/law-enforcement\/narcotics-enforcement\" target=\"_blank\">Drugs Enforcement Division<\/a> (NED).\u00a0 <a title=\"find a doctor\" href=\"http:\/\/hawaii.medicalmarijuana.net\/patient-resources\/finding-doctor\/\" target=\"_blank\">Doctors<\/a> should be licensed by NED and all sorts of patients must register with them also.\u00a0 Bill 862 enables for patients (or their care providers) to own as much as three oz . of functional marijuana, and could cultivate seven marijuana plants, although a maximum of three might be mature previously.<\/p>\n<p>The passage of 862 was praised like a great advance for that Medicinal Marijuana movement, consider there&#8217;s been hardly any progress in Hawaii.\u00a0 In writing it appears fine when a patient has gotten their &#8220;<a title=\"becoming a patient\" href=\"http:\/\/www.safeaccessnow.org\/article.php?id=2036\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Card<\/a>&#8221; they&#8217;re permitted to medicate using medicinal marijuana.\u00a0 But that is where what&#8217;s promising finishes.\u00a0 What the law states, because it stands, does absolutely nothing to help patients procure their medication.\u00a0 Actually, doctors aren&#8217;t even permitted to prescribe marijuana or perhaps enable them to find any. They can&#8217;t supply seed products for growing nor send these to a dispensary.\u00a0 You will find no shops in Hawaii, neither is it legal to possess or operate one.\u00a0 In addition, someone having a blue card cannot supply marijuana to a different licensed patient.\u00a0 Just how can these folks be treated should they have no use of medication?\u00a0 And you will find many patients who&#8217;re not able to develop their very own supply.\u00a0 Managing a private grow operation is costly, hard to continue, while offering a higher fail rate.\u00a0 Lots of people who be eligible for a blue cards are extremely disabled they can&#8217;t work and for that reason don&#8217;t have any earnings to operate a grow op or purchase a health professional.\u00a0 In addition, no insurance provider covers this kind of care.<\/p>\n<p>You will find many factors making it even more complicated for patients in need of assistance.\u00a0 To begin with, there&#8217;s hardly any when it comes to access and knowledge for patients.\u00a0 You will find merely a couple of <a title=\"certified doctor\" href=\"http:\/\/www.medicalmarijuanaofhawaii.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">doctors<\/a> inside the islands who&#8217;re licensed to award blue cards.\u00a0 However, many people state they legally provide blue cards but they are frequently misleading patients to be able to produce a profit.\u00a0 It ought to only cost you a $25 fee to try to get a blue card.\u00a0 If a person ended up being to turn to the classified section for information, you&#8217;d see an array of advertisements from intermediate services offering to facilitate buying of the blue card.\u00a0 These disadvantage-males offer &#8220;day treatment centers&#8221; that charge $200+ for any session to &#8220;help&#8221; people.\u00a0 They run group critiques from leased spaces that clearly aren&#8217;t medical offices.\u00a0 You will find even &#8220;doctors&#8221; offering blue cards within 24 hrs, if this typically takes 3-5 days for processing of the application.\u00a0 Many of these ads appear patently false.\u00a0 As though existence is not with enough contentration, someone seeking medical help shouldn&#8217;t have to be worried about being scammed while trying to legally navigate this method.<\/p>\n<p>You will find a couple of other caveats to Hawaii&#8217;s law worth observing.\u00a0 Someone might not medicate whether it &#8220;endangers the or well-being of some other person. Nor will the law permit you to medicate inside a moving vehicle, within the place of work, on school grounds, inside a public place, inside a correctional facility, or perhaps in any condition supervised facility.&#8221;\u00a0 Which makes sense, although how self-medicating can &#8220;jeopardize&#8221; someone else is a little curious.\u00a0 You will find some protections though.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re legally licensed, what the law states states &#8220;You will not be punished by any means, or refused any right or privilege for that medical utilization of marijuana.&#8221; You can use to safeguard patients and care providers from losing their housing consequently of stated use.\u00a0 Although if you reside in housing that&#8217;s funded through the Federal HUD you&#8217;ve got no protection.\u00a0 That&#8217;s consistent with anything else the us government has been doing to persecute those who are following their condition laws and regulations.\u00a0 You will find no protections for employment either.\u00a0 It&#8217;s still considered an unlawful substance, so companies are inside their privileges to terminate patients who&#8217;re suspected useful, or individuals who fail physical tests.\u00a0 Also, Hawaii doesn&#8217;t recognize any out-of-condition programs, and therefore any marijuana patients going to the hawaiian islands may have no to medication or legal protections while they&#8217;re in-condition.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals individuals who might be thinking about moving towards the land of Maui Wowie and Moloka&#8217;i Miracle to treat qualified illnesses should think hard.\u00a0 The passage of Bill 862 is like getting a fantastic lotto ticket, just the redemption office isn&#8217;t open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/hawaii.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"hawaii\" title=\"hawaii\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-11189\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/do-not-be-mislead-hawaii-not-so-laid-back-regarding-medical-marijuana-program\/attachment\/hawaii-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11189\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/hawaii.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a>Spotlight on Hawaii&#8217;s Medicinal Marijuana Laws and regulations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The majority of us are comfortable with the 16 states (and Washington D.C) that enable medicinal marijuana.\u00a0 However, much of the profession coverage tends to pay attention to Colorado and California with states like Hawaii flying individually distinct.\u00a0 In June of 2000, Governor Bill Cayetano signed Senate Bill 862 to determine the <a title=\"Hawaii Medical Marijuana Act\" href=\"http:\/\/www.safeaccessnow.org\/article.php?id=5977\" target=\"_blank\">Hawaii Medicinal Marijuana Act<\/a>. This bill removed condition-level criminal penalties for that use, possession and cultivation of medicinal marijuana by patients who&#8217;ve been given certification with a <a title=\"Certified physician\" href=\"http:\/\/www.medicalmarijuanaofhawaii.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">qualified physician<\/a>.\u00a0 This program is overseen by Hawaii&#8217;s <a title=\"Narcotics Enforcement Division\" href=\"http:\/\/hawaii.gov\/psd\/law-enforcement\/narcotics-enforcement\" target=\"_blank\">Drugs Enforcement Division<\/a> (NED).\u00a0 <a title=\"find a doctor\" href=\"http:\/\/hawaii.medicalmarijuana.net\/patient-resources\/finding-doctor\/\" target=\"_blank\">Doctors<\/a> should be licensed by NED and all sorts of patients must register with them also.\u00a0 Bill 862 enables for patients (or their care providers) to own as much as three oz . of functional marijuana, and could cultivate seven marijuana plants, although a maximum of three might be mature previously.<\/p>\n<p>The passage of 862 was praised like a great advance for that Medicinal Marijuana movement, consider there&#8217;s been hardly any progress in Hawaii.\u00a0 In writing it appears fine when a patient has gotten their &#8220;<a title=\"becoming a patient\" href=\"http:\/\/www.safeaccessnow.org\/article.php?id=2036\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Card<\/a>&#8221; they&#8217;re permitted to medicate using medicinal marijuana.\u00a0 But that is where what&#8217;s promising finishes.\u00a0 What the law states, because it stands, does absolutely nothing to help patients procure their medication.\u00a0 Actually, doctors aren&#8217;t even permitted to prescribe marijuana or perhaps enable them to find any. They can&#8217;t supply seed products for growing nor send these to a dispensary.\u00a0 You will find no shops in Hawaii, neither is it legal to possess or operate one.\u00a0 In addition, someone having a blue card cannot supply marijuana to a different licensed patient.\u00a0 Just how can these folks be treated should they have no use of medication?\u00a0 And you will find many patients who&#8217;re not able to develop their very own supply.\u00a0 Managing a private grow operation is costly, hard to continue, while offering a higher fail rate.\u00a0 Lots of people who be eligible for a blue cards are extremely disabled they can&#8217;t work and for that reason don&#8217;t have any earnings to operate a grow op or purchase a health professional.\u00a0 In addition, no insurance provider covers this kind of care.<\/p>\n<p>You will find many factors making it even more complicated for patients in need of assistance.\u00a0 To begin with, there&#8217;s hardly any when it comes to access and knowledge for patients.\u00a0 You will find merely a couple of <a title=\"certified doctor\" href=\"http:\/\/www.medicalmarijuanaofhawaii.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">doctors<\/a> inside the islands who&#8217;re licensed to award blue cards.\u00a0 However, many people state they legally provide blue cards but they are frequently misleading patients to be able to produce a profit.\u00a0 It ought to only cost you a $25 fee to try to get a blue card.\u00a0 If a person ended up being to turn to the classified section for information, you&#8217;d see an array of advertisements from intermediate services offering to facilitate buying of the blue card.\u00a0 These disadvantage-males offer &#8220;day treatment centers&#8221; that charge $200+ for any session to &#8220;help&#8221; people.\u00a0 They run group critiques from leased spaces that clearly aren&#8217;t medical offices.\u00a0 You will find even &#8220;doctors&#8221; offering blue cards within 24 hrs, if this typically takes 3-5 days for processing of the application.\u00a0 Many of these ads appear patently false.\u00a0 As though existence is not with enough contentration, someone seeking medical help shouldn&#8217;t have to be worried about being scammed while trying to legally navigate this method.<\/p>\n<p>You will find a couple of other caveats to Hawaii&#8217;s law worth observing.\u00a0 Someone might not medicate whether it &#8220;endangers the or well-being of some other person. Nor will the law permit you to medicate inside a moving vehicle, within the place of work, on school grounds, inside a public place, inside a correctional facility, or perhaps in any condition supervised facility.&#8221;\u00a0 Which makes sense, although how self-medicating can &#8220;jeopardize&#8221; someone else is a little curious.\u00a0 You will find some protections though.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re legally licensed, what the law states states &#8220;You will not be punished by any means, or refused any right or privilege for that medical utilization of marijuana.&#8221; You can use to safeguard patients and care providers from losing their housing consequently of stated use.\u00a0 Although if you reside in housing that&#8217;s funded through the Federal HUD you&#8217;ve got no protection.\u00a0 That&#8217;s consistent with anything else the us government has been doing to persecute those who are following their condition laws and regulations.\u00a0 You will find no protections for employment either.\u00a0 It&#8217;s still considered an unlawful substance, so companies are inside their privileges to terminate patients who&#8217;re suspected useful, or individuals who fail physical tests.\u00a0 Also, Hawaii doesn&#8217;t recognize any out-of-condition programs, and therefore any marijuana patients going to the hawaiian islands may have no to medication or legal protections while they&#8217;re in-condition.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals individuals who might be thinking about moving towards the land of Maui Wowie and Moloka&#8217;i Miracle to treat qualified illnesses should think hard.\u00a0 The passage of Bill 862 is like getting a fantastic lotto ticket, just the redemption office isn&#8217;t open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1810,1036,1811,1812,1813,1335,1814,77,56,9,1815,1816,51,1052,1817,1,3],"tags":[4378,7,4379,4380,4381,3905,4382,2655,2636,4383,4384,2631,3622,4385],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1810"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1810\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}