Column: ‘De facto’ legal pot bill endangers public
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A bill for the commercial legalization of marijuana advanced further than before at the state Legislature this session. Fortunately, House members looked at the growing data and research and rejected the bill (Senate Bill 3335). That puts Hawaii squarely with legislatures around the country who considered commercial legalization in 2023 and rejected it (17 out of 20).

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