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US HI: Hawaii Approves Medical Marijuana
ccguide Friday 16 Jun 2000 Pubdate: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 Source: San Diego Union Tribune (CA) Copyright: 2000 Union-Tribune Publishing Co. Contact: Address: PO Box 120191, San Diego, CA, 92112-0191 Fax: (619) 293-1440 Website: http://www.uniontrib.com/ Forum: http://www.uniontrib.com/cgi-bin/WebX Author: Associated Press HAWAII APPROVES MEDICAL MARIJUANA HONOLULU -- Hawaii yesterday became the first state to use legislation to approve the possession and use of marijuana for medical purposes. While signing the bill into law, Gov. Ben Cayetano said it was one aspect of his effort to make Hawaii the health-care center of the Pacific. "I'm glad to see this bill before me," he said. "My own feeling is more states are going to come on." Hawaii is the eighth state to decriminalize the use of medical marijuana, but the previous seven states did so through ballot measures. Voters in Alaska, Washington, California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Maine and the District of Columbia have approved medical marijuana laws. The U.S. Justice Department is challenging those laws. Under Hawaii's law, patients with certain qualifying illnesses must obtain a doctor's recommendation to use medical marijuana and must register with the state Department of Public Safety to avoid criminal prosecution under state law. - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D
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