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HI HR19
Resolution
Status
2/7/2017
Primary Sponsor
Joy San Buenaventura
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AI Summary
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Requests the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) reverse its August 12, 2016, denials of two rescheduling petitions and move marijuana from Schedule I to any other schedule to permit medically controlled use.
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Cites Hawaii's sixteen years of experience with medical marijuana under Act 228, SLH 2000, and Act 241, SLH 2015, which established a regulated dispensary system for approximately 13,000 qualifying patients.
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Notes that as of November 2016, twenty-eight jurisdictions (Hawaii, 27 states, District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico) have legalized medical marijuana, demonstrating recognized medical benefits.
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Identifies barriers created by federal Schedule I classification including inability of banks to serve dispensaries, prohibition of U.S. Postal Service transport, restrictions on cannabis advertising, and limitations on university research due to federal funding concerns.
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Directs that a certified copy of the resolution be transmitted to the DEA Administrator.
Legislative Description
Requesting The United States Drug Enforcement Administration To Remove Marijuana From Schedule I Of The Controlled Substances Act And Reschedule Marijuana To Any Schedule Other Than Schedule I For Purposes Of The Medically Controlled Use Of Marijuana.
Requesting the United States Drug Enforcement Agency To Remove Marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.
Last Action
Referred to HLT, JUD, referral sheet 20
2/15/2017