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Tuesday, November 28, 2017 |
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HPD Chief Ballard Orders People With Medical Pot To Surrender Guns
By Selected News Articles @ 4:15 PM :: 7119 Views :: Second Amendment, Drugs
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...Marijuana users in Honolulu are expected to turn over all firearms and ammunition to the state within 30 days of receiving the notice, according to a letter signed by police chief Susan Ballard....
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Thursday, November 23, 2017 |
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Two Years Later--DLNR Still Finding Homeless Drug Addicts on Na Pali Coast
By News Release @ 5:01 AM :: 8612 Views :: Kauai County, Homelessness, Drugs
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...Each time a team of officers from the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) flies into the Kalalau section of the Na Pali Coast State Wilderness Park, they find fewer illegal camps and write fewer arrest citations....
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Wednesday, September 20, 2017 |
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Got Anxiety? DoH begins adding new excuses for Medicated Marijuana
By News Release @ 1:51 PM :: 4794 Views :: Drugs
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...At 10am on Wednesday, September 20, the Department of Health (DOH) is having the first public hearing for its new petition process to add new conditions for the use of medical cannabis....
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Tuesday, September 12, 2017 |
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Hawaii Weed Stores to Go Cashless Oct 1 (sort of)
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 8316 Views :: Law Enforcement, Small Business, Drugs
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...Cash Transaction Will Continue under New ‘Cashless’ System....
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Saturday, September 2, 2017 |
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Risky, Overused Medications Prescribed Far Less Often in the Aloha State
By Selected News Articles @ 4:33 AM :: 6827 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Drugs
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...Medicare patients in Hawaii take fewer opioid painkillers and fewer antibiotics, on average, than those in any other state. Physicians and health policy experts cite demographics and healthier lifestyles as possible reasons why....
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Thursday, August 31, 2017 |
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Sex Shame? 9th Circuit Revives Attempt to Shut Down Kauai Drug Rehab Program
By Selected News Articles @ 1:56 PM :: 8674 Views :: Kauai County, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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...to give Gregg an opportunity to show her awareness of her injuries had been delayed....
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Friday, July 14, 2017 |
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Hawaii: 22% of Medicare Patients got Opioids in 2016
By Selected News Articles @ 12:48 AM :: 5563 Views :: Health Care, Drugs
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...and Hawaii is among the lowest in the USA....
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Wednesday, July 12, 2017 |
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Ige Launches 'Multi-Department Opioid Abuse Initiative'
By News Release @ 9:32 PM :: 4714 Views :: Drugs
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...drug overdose leading cause of injury-related deaths....
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Wednesday, July 5, 2017 |
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DLNR: Napali Coast a Better Place with Squatters Out
By News Release @ 11:13 PM :: 7835 Views :: Environment, Homelessness, Drugs
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...A three day operation last week resulted in additional arrests and the dismantling of large, illegal camps in Kalalau Valley....
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Tuesday, May 16, 2017 |
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Drug Use Per Capita: Hawaii Ranks 38th
By Selected News Articles @ 2:37 AM :: 6343 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Drugs
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...comparing the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 15 key metrics, ranging from arrest and overdose rates to opioid prescriptions and meth-lab incidents per capita....
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Monday, May 15, 2017 |
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After Death of Kauai Girl, DLNR Clears Homeless Drug Addicts out of Kalalau
By News Release @ 4:01 AM :: 8410 Views :: Kauai County, Homelessness, Drugs
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“If there’s any silver lining to what law breakers are posting on social media, is that it’s caused significant public outrage."
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Saturday, May 6, 2017 |
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Video: Lingle Joins Harvard Governors Panel on Opioid Crisis
By Video @ 5:06 PM :: 5741 Views :: Health Care, Drugs
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...Presented jointly with PRI’s The World & WGBH News....
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Tuesday, April 4, 2017 |
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Hawaii Cannabis Tracking System Designed By Feds, Silicon Valley Billionaires
By Selected News Articles @ 4:26 AM :: 6737 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Drugs
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Don’t worry: You can trust the Feds and Silicon Valley with your ‘medical’ marijuana records—unless you annoy them in some way....
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Thursday, March 23, 2017 |
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On Sister Isles Working Class Whites Dying of Despair
By Selected News Articles @ 7:25 PM :: 8090 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Life, Drugs
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“Deaths of despair” in midlife rose most dramatically for white non-Hispanic Americans with a high school degree or less and more on the Sister Isles than on Oahu....
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Thursday, March 2, 2017 |
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California Company Helps Hawaii Marijuana Dealers Plan Sales to 9M Tourists
By News Release @ 4:28 AM :: 6432 Views :: Tourism, Drugs
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Company Plans to Expand Customer Base Domestically and Internationally in New Cannabis Markets....
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Tuesday, February 28, 2017 |
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Gabbard Co-Sponsors Bi-Partisan Bill to Legalize Recreational Marijuana Nationwide
By News Release @ 4:27 AM :: 4459 Views :: Drugs
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...this bill would take marijuana off the federal controlled substances list - joining other industries such as alcohol and tobacco....
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Monday, February 6, 2017 |
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Hawaii Bills Would Legalize Industrial Hemp; Foundation to Nullify Federal Prohibition
By Selected News Articles @ 10:01 AM :: 6527 Views :: Agriculture, Drugs
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Farmers in SE Colorado started harvesting the plant in 2013, and farmers in Vermont began harvesting in 2014....
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Saturday, January 21, 2017 |
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Obama’s Final Gift to Hawaii—Three Gun-Toting Meth Dealers
By Selected News Articles @ 2:47 PM :: 8145 Views :: Drugs, Obama
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2008 conviction of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, and possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime....
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Friday, January 20, 2017 |
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Ward to Introduce ‘Tough Love Act’ for Homelessness
By Rep Gene Ward @ 2:34 PM :: 6067 Views :: Homelessness, Drugs
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...will give homeless who commit perpetual misdemeanor crimes the option to go before a judge to choose either jail or rehabilitation/taking of their meds/getting off drugs, or getting job training....
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Wednesday, January 18, 2017 |
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Hawaii State Legislators join nationwide initiative to address opioid abuse
By Video @ 3:37 AM :: 5832 Views :: Health Care, Drugs
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Limit opioid painkiller prescriptions to one week at a time....
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Sunday, January 8, 2017 |
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What's Next for Marijuana Tax?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5466 Views :: Taxes, Drugs
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... legislators are considering a special, higher GET rate for marijuana, but haven’t decided upon that rate yet ....
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Tuesday, November 22, 2016 |
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Monday, November 21, 2016 |
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MADD Rates Hawaii Drunk Driving Laws
By News Release @ 7:43 PM :: 7352 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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MADD wants tougher Hawaii law for DUI with kids in car....
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Tuesday, November 8, 2016 |
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Original Waikoloa Highlands Partners Share History of Cocaine Trafficking
By Selected News Articles @ 3:19 AM :: 10237 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Drugs
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“Drugs, Diamonds, International Intrigue – You Won’t Believe Two Hollywood Producers’ Crazy Backstory”
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Sunday, September 25, 2016 |
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AG Joins Suboxone Anti-Trust Lawsuit
By News Release @ 4:25 PM :: 4920 Views :: Drugs
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...consumers and purchasers have paid artificially high monopoly prices since late 2009, when generic alternatives of Suboxone might otherwise have become available. During that time, annual sales of Suboxone topped $1 billion....
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Thursday, September 22, 2016 |
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AG: Legislature May need to act on Suboxone for Drug Addicts
By News Release @ 1:30 AM :: 4283 Views :: Drugs
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In light of recent inquiries regarding physicians’ legal authority to prescribe the drug Suboxone for the purpose of opioid detoxification or maintenance treatment of opioid dependence....
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Sunday, August 28, 2016 |
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Crave Oxycontin? Hawaii is the Place to Be
By Selected News Articles @ 9:52 PM :: 7965 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Drugs
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Paper Scripts! Hawaii is the lowest ranked state for electronic prescription of controlled substances ....
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Thursday, August 18, 2016 |
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Full Text: 9th Circuit Court Tells DOJ to Back Off in Medical Pot States
By Selected News Articles @ 4:59 PM :: 4270 Views :: Drugs
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The Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday that the Justice Department is barred from using federal funds to prosecute individuals in states where medical marijuana is legal and the individuals are in compliance with state law....
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Thursday, July 28, 2016 |
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Heart Association: Second Hand Marijuana Smoke Worse than Tobacco
By News Release @ 11:49 PM :: 6747 Views :: Health Care, Drugs
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Rats’ blood vessels took at least three times longer to recover function after only a minute of breathing secondhand marijuana smoke....
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Tuesday, July 26, 2016 |
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County by County: Where are the People Doped Up?
By News Release @ 11:44 PM :: 5472 Views :: Drugs
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There is a clear pattern....
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Friday, July 8, 2016 |
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Hemp: Hawaii’s ‘High’ Tech Future?
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 4:18 AM :: 5727 Views :: Agriculture, Drugs
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...hemp-based electrodes for supercapacitors....
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Saturday, June 25, 2016 |
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Marijuana License Scores: DoH Reveals Which Cronies Just Don’t Make the Grade
By News Release @ 1:39 AM :: 5036 Views :: Drugs
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...DOH today released the scores and ranking of the applicants for Medical Marijuana Dispensary Licenses....
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Monday, June 20, 2016 |
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Rep Thielen to DEA: Legalize Hemp
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 2:35 AM :: 5602 Views :: Agriculture, Drugs
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...filing an official rulemaking petition demanding that the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) remove industrial hemp from the federal drug schedules....
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Tuesday, June 14, 2016 |
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Ninth Circuit not Fooled by Hilo Marijuana Minister
By Selected News Articles @ 10:36 PM :: 4577 Views :: Drugs
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"the government has a compelling interest in preventing drugs set aside for sacramental use from being diverted to non-religious, recreational users."
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Friday, May 20, 2016 |
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DoH: Marijuana Licensees Scored
By News Release @ 3:09 AM :: 4629 Views :: Drugs
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Licensees were selected based on the scoring of 13 merit criteria....
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016 |
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Court Advances Suit by Dead Informant's Mom
By Selected News Articles @ 4:21 AM :: 7989 Views :: Law Enforcement, Police, Drugs
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Keawe Ryder, a 37-year old Kona musician, was found dead in a South Kohala lava field in 2013. He had been shot and hit with a hammer....
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Thursday, May 12, 2016 |
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Marijuana Legalization and State Taxes
By Tax Foundation @ 3:29 PM :: 5879 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes, Drugs
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...two studies that serve as guides for legislators, the media, and the public as to the state of marijuana taxation today and the implications of taxing marijuana in the future....
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Friday, May 6, 2016 |
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New FDA Regs May Shut Down 95% of E-Cig Industry
By News Release @ 3:50 PM :: 6720 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Drugs
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...The rule goes into effect August 8, 2016....
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Wednesday, May 4, 2016 |
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SB2659: Legislators Pass ‘Industrial Hemp Bill’
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 11:29 PM :: 5741 Views :: Agriculture, Drugs
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...Senate Bill 2659 passed with a unanimous vote in both Chambers....
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Friday, April 29, 2016 |
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DoH Announces Eight Marijuana Dispensary Licenses
By News Release @ 6:43 PM :: 8093 Views :: Drugs
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Which cronies get to sell marijuana? -- Click here to find out ....
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Monday, April 25, 2016 |
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Sec 280E: How the IRS Becomes Senior Partner in Marijuana Dispensaries
By Selected News Articles @ 1:48 PM :: 5327 Views :: Taxes, Drugs
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... marijuana providers with high startup costs are not allowed to deduct any of them or any routine business expenses ....
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Wednesday, April 13, 2016 |
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Marijuana Dispensary Licenses Delayed
By News Release @ 11:30 PM :: 3973 Views :: Drugs
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The Hawaii State Department of Health is reviewing the criminal history records of applicants for the Medical Marijuana Dispensary licenses....
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Saturday, April 9, 2016 |
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DoH: Marijuana Dispensary Selection May be Delayed
By News Release @ 4:19 PM :: 4513 Views :: Drugs
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...one of the panel members was unable to fully participate in the selection, and his scoring will not be included....
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Thursday, April 7, 2016 |
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Does Legalizing Marijuana Mean You Can Drive Stoned?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:38 PM :: 4685 Views :: Drugs
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Hawaii has decided it’s time to figure out....
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Friday, April 1, 2016 |
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HB2707: Last Chance to Testify on Marijuana Omnibus Package
By Selected News Articles @ 8:06 PM :: 3900 Views :: Drugs
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... Monday April 4, 2016 at 9:15am ....
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Tuesday, March 29, 2016 |
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Hawaii Legislators: Driving Stoned?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:13 PM :: 4445 Views :: Drugs
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... Drinking and driving can affect everyone but those most at risk are lawmakers ....
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