Drugs

As marijuana legalization took hold in Colorado, the estimated percentage of regular cannabis users in the state jumped to the second-highest level in the country....

...“I think for us to that that [legalize recreational use] without having all the data, there is not enough data, and to a certain extent you could say it was reckless.”....

A major new review in the scientific journal Addiction sets out the latest information on the effects of cannabis use on mental and physical health....

...marijuana legalization will usher in America’s new version of “Big Tobacco” ....

In its smoked form, marijuana potency and dosage cannot be controlled....

...use your EBT card at marijuana dispensaries in states such as Colorado that have legalized pot....

...The Dispensary System Task Force will submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including proposed legislation to the 2015 Legislature....

...For all OPR combined, the prescribing rate in Alabama was 2.7 times the rate in Hawaii....

...In the June 6 filing, Egan alleges that in the 1990s he was employed by the now-defunct Internet startup Digital Entertainment Network and coerced into attending sex and drug parties....

The investigation showed Aduja’s campaign issued $30,000 worth of checks to her former husband, Lee Williams.... Williams subsequently was arrested during a Chinatown drug bust....

Two messages from the Medical Cannabis Coalition of Hawai‘i indicate that its going to be a lot harder to get medicated courtesy of just any old doctor....

Topping off the irony, Rep Rhoads also introduced HB2577  which would ban indoor tobacco smoking in public housing....

Today the United States Senate approved the Agriculture Act of 2014, also known as the “Farm Bill,” which includes legalization of industrial hemp for research purposes....

The new poll, commissioned by Hawaii’s Drug Policy Action Group showed voter support for reform of Hawaii’s policies on marijuana trending upward....

Mr. Damas was arrested at the Halawa Correctional Facility where he was employed as an adult corrections officer....

“This state would turn into a manufacturing state." -- Rep Rida Cabanilla

...a lawless, violent, drug-addled, and adrenaline-soaked mecca....

In addition to repairing the cables, “no copper” and “fiber-optic cable” signs are being put in place to make it as clear as possible to potential thieves that there is nothing of value for them to steal....

... between $400,000 and $1,000,000 in fines for a single mature 40-day old plant ....

“The extensive report summarizes rates of treatment services in Hawaii and reflects substance abuse trends and areas of concern"

Surfing the Nations is counteracting the widespread perception that surfing is only about individual fulfillment....

Both the House and Senate will present a CD1 draft of SB 642 and HB 668 that would amend the bills....

“Hawaii’s rates of marijuana use are significantly higher than in the rest of the country.”

Hawaii Meth Project to Continue its Focus on Meth Prevention Operating as Independent Organization and Local Member of The Partnership....

Drug companies have long kept secret details of the payments they make to doctors and other health professionals for promoting their drugs....

"HUD evictees will be made into instant criminals...."

What will anti-GMO protesters do when they discover that they have been smoking genetically modified weed for nearly a decade now?

State Senator Josh Green has introduced legislation, SB 639, to require a prescription for medications that contain the decongestant pseudoephedrine (PSE).

"This guy's been operating (as a commercial enterprise) for two or three decades." .... In other words, he's a drug dealer.

The Drug Policy Action Group interviewed 603 Hawaii voters....

Fluorescent lights hang above; though they appear to be on, the room seems eerily dark....

(Ray) was a long-haired haole hippie who worked at the Mama Mia Pizza Parlor not far from Punahou and lived in a dilapidated bus ....

...the bill would help doctors who make money prescribing narcotic pain relievers ....

HONOLULU - Governor Neil Abercrombie today announced two appointments to the State Senate:  Rep. Maile Shimabukuro to represent Senate District 21, and Malama Solomon, Ph.D., to represent Senate District 1.

At his March 5 sentencing in the Honolulu Federal District Courtroom of Judge Michael Seabright, convicted methamphetamines importer Shawn Aguiar was greeted by over 100 supporters, including failed 2006 Democrat Lieutenant Governor candidate Malama Solomon.  While methamphetamines ravage the Big Island, Solomon urged the judge to minimize Aguiar’s sentence because his imprisonment might reduce the profitability of Solomon’s 1000-acre Honoka`a cattle ranch. 

Hawaii can’t figure out how to kick drug addicted homeless people out of the parks and sidewalks in order to force them into shelters where they can get help, but apparently induced sterilization is now an option.  Today’s SB Editorial, “Voluntary (sic) sterilization can serve good purpose”, reveals that an eugenics group has been quietly working in Honolulu.... 

Here are some news articles which--strung together--tell the story you won't be able to read anywhere else.  The story ends with a Governor, a Party Chair, a Congresswoman and more....

Earlier this year, OHA officials, led by Trustee Don Cataluna, blocked Kauai County from building a residential drug treatment facility for juveniles on a former Humane Society site about a half mile from Kauai’s Hanapepe Salt Pond. This as young Hawaiians and non-Hawaiians are literally dying from methamphetamines and other drug abuse.

Kauai residents, including minors, have been required to leave the island for inpatient drug rehabilitation services ever since Serenity House was destroyed by Hurricane Iniki in 1992. After 14 years of waiting, Kauai Mayor Brian Baptiste broke ground on a new inpatient treatment facility at Hanapepe near the Salt Ponds in August 2006.

But now, thanks to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA), construction has been halted and the location may be abandoned.