The Latest: Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Opening in Hawaii

HONOLULU — The Latest on medical marijuana dispensaries opening in Hawaii (all times local):

3 p.m.

A second Hawaii medical marijuana dispensary says it will begin selling cannabis.

Dispensary sales of medical marijuana in Hawaii are beginning after patients waited 17 years for a legal way to purchase the drug.

Honolulu-based Aloha Green said Tuesday it will begin selling the drug Wednesday.

Earlier Tuesday, Maui Grown Therapies said it was beginning to sell medical cannabis. Its sales were approved by the state Department of Health.

Teri Freitas Gorman of the Maui dispensary says it’s a historic day not just for Maui but for the entire state.

Hawaii was among the first states to legalize medical marijuana in 2000. But the state didn’t legalize dispensaries until 2015. The state’s 18,000 patients had to grow or obtain the drug on their own.

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10:30 a.m.

Dispensary sales of medical marijuana in Hawaii are beginning after patients waited 17 years for a legal way to purchase the drug.

Maui Grown Therapies received approval from the Department of Health to begin selling medical cannabis Tuesday.

Teri Freitas Gorman of the dispensary says they’re planning to start selling medical marijuana…

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