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Dr. Greenhorn

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Yup, it was an express.:D I remember I used to see Don "the rock" Muraco paddle out to the queens line-up all the time! I still surf a famous town left to this very day! And it ain't bowls or kewalos either. Can you guess the break? :mrgreen:
 

Hawaiian kind

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Here is what I heard



[FONT=comic sans ms,sans-serif]Hi Folks - I've been reluctant to write and be the bearer of bad news, but it looks like all the medical cannabis bills are dead for this Session. (I say "looks like" cause w/ the Lege strange things can happen and it ain't over til the fat lady sings.)

This go 'round we can blame the House:

SB 2141 SD1 (which would have made improvements to the program) was referred to PBS/HLT (Public Safety/Health) and then Judiciary. Although Rep. Hanohano of PBS was supportive and willing to hear it, Rep. Yamane, the Health Chair, refused. Nor would he waive it, which would have meant it could move on w/o his cmttee hearing it. So since there was never that joint hearing on it, it could not move on to Judiciary (JUD).

SB 2213, SD2 (which would have set up compassion centers county by county) was referred to JUD and Finance. It was never scheduled for a hearing by Rep. Karamatsu's Judiciary Cmttee reportedly after he was visited by a delegation of police from all the counties. (Police lobbying, you say? I thought their mantra was that they only enforced laws once they were in place.)

So that's the sad tale of an election year at our state legislature. When the other side sensed that we had momentum they increased their firepower bringing in a cop, a sheriff and a d.a. from L.A. County to spread fear and misinformation about dispensaries and mmj laws in general.

Ready for some good news?

1. We have the largest, best organized, and most knowledgeable group of proponents we've ever had. The testimony at the last hearing was most impressive with 110 pages submitted compared to just 35 or so at the prior one and lots of articulate testifiers on our side.

2. "Controversial" bills like ours historically take at least 2 legislative sessions to pass (this was the case, for example, with both the needle exchange bill in 1990 and the mmj bill itself in 2000 - despite the fact that the latter was initiated by Gov. Cayetano himself.)

3. We have the impressive Medical Cannabis Working Group Report available and ready for us to use in our lobbying efforts.

4. We have the "Interim (between Sessions) to regroup, strategize, write some really tight bills and get our legislative backers in place. We could also bring in some activists or public officials from places with successful mmj programs and showcase their models.

5. We will have a new, and hopefully more supportive, Governor in 2011.

I know it's hard to accept that we have to wait at least another year for any long overdue changes to be put in place. Unfortunately that's the political reality in Hawai`i Nei. Hang in there, friends, and try not to be too discouraged.

(I will write separately about the status of the mj decrim bill, SB 2450, SD 1) since that's a different topic and I know that not everyone on this list is supportive of that effort.)

Mahalo everyone.
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Pamela G. Lichty, MPH
President
Drug Policy Forum of Hawai'i
P.O. Box 61233
Honolulu, HI 96839
Phone: 808 735-8001
Fax: 808 735-2971
Cell: 808 224-3056
[email protected]
www.dpfhi.org



http://thegardenisland.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_817c6e42-3ef0-11df-8ac3-001cc4c002e0.html

http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2010/03/28/video-hawaii-governor-rails-against-marijuana-dispensaries/
 

Waiakeauka

Well-Known Member
one plant if you don't have medical license,...well do yah?
One plant is promoting a detrimental drug charge and not commercial promotion of marjuana. I am not sure at what number of plants before you get charged with the commercial promotion but I know it's more then 24 plants because my friend got promoting a detrimental drug charge. And to answer your question I do have a blue card!
 

SurfdOut

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Prohibition-enough already! I've got a card carrying friend from cali coming over to stay with me for a couple of months, will that card cover him growing in HI?

On a much happier note,SURFING:-P- What left Doc? Sui's? Rice bowls is my favorite s. shore spot. Yep, been a little water rat from day one, named after water. Dad was a hardcore travelling fisher/surfer/boat builder. Spent 5 years surfing north Japan by myself in the frigging snow while banging the head yakuzas GF the whole time. As far as fav surf spot in da world, it all came together for me one day at a spot on Moloka'i. Now my old ass is SurfdOut and it's all about my daughter.:-P
 

Puna Bud

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Yup, it was an express.:D I remember I used to see Don "the rock" Muraco paddle out to the queens line-up all the time! I still surf a famous town left to this very day! And it ain't bowls or kewalos either. Can you guess the break? :mrgreen:


I choose what's behind certain number #3,.....'Publics'
 

Puna Bud

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Prohibition-enough already! I've got a card carrying friend from cali coming over to stay with me for a couple of months, will that card cover him growing in HI?

On a much happier note,SURFING:-P- What left Doc? Sui's? Rice bowls is my favorite s. shore spot. Yep, been a little water rat from day one, named after water. Dad was a hardcore travelling fisher/surfer/boat builder. Spent 5 years surfing north Japan by myself in the frigging snow while banging the head yakuzas GF the whole time. As far as fav surf spot in da world, it all came together for me one day at a spot on Moloka'i. Now my old ass is SurfdOut and it's all about my daughter.:-P
unfortunately the state gov here is pretty anal. So I don't expect them to honor your friends med card. But at the same time Cali does the same thing in kind. Our cards are useless there too.

Favorite surf spot on Molokai! That's great brah! You ever surf Lanai? I use to surf Manele Bay when there was no hotels, resorts nothing. We, my friends & I would load our shortboards onto my Radon. Leave Lahaina Harbor at daybreak,and return from Manele Bay before the noontime all surfed out! What an awesome left there!
I'm also a retired 'Waikiki Beachboy", twenty yrs on the beach there. Just left a little over three years ago to the Big Island. Return to my roots as a "Dirt Farmer", as a Medical Dirt Farmer that is...
 

Puna Bud

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YUP!!!!:D good call Puna!
brah, I use to love that place when I was riding shorts boards full-time. Smacking da lip on the inside with the reef three inches above your fins, and visions of coral heads peeking up in your path. Split second decisions, hair splitting cutbacks, and flatout fucking fun!!!!!!
 

Dr. Greenhorn

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brah, I use to love that place when I was riding shorts boards full-time. Smacking da lip on the inside with the reef three inches above your fins, and visions of coral heads peeking up in your path. Split second decisions, hair splitting cutbacks, and flatout fucking fun!!!!!!
:clap:hahahahahaha! I Couldn't have described any better!
 

doctorD

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Ive been body surfing point panic since I was 17 and that's along time ago. When I come back to Hawaii I fell in love again with that place. call me crazy but I like it. Maybe cuz I can slip out from work and be in the water in 5 min catch a few dry off and get back to the office saying I "went to see a client" They don't even miss me lol.
 

SurfdOut

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OOh those long summer days, surfing allll day. Spent more time on the N. shore when young, but my brother and i did live behind Rainbows for ten years or so. Riding my peice of shit bike everywhere, dirt poor and happy as could be. Yep, had a board specifically for publics, and had my stuff handed to me proper at big outside castles. Miss those days.

You must have really enjoyed being a beahboy Puna, don't think there is a better life. Spent some time at Manele, but never saw her shine. Hopefully your still getting some water time on the BI, them puna boys rip!
 
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