Caretakers oversee a growing room for medical marijuana at ShowGrow, a medical marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles. (AP Photo)HONOLULU: Medical marijuana dispensaries are beginning to open in Hawaii, but they're not allowed to sell their products. Hawaii was among the first US states to legalise medical marijuana 17 years ago, but dispensaries were only legalised in 2015. Across the US, the record shows that it takes states 18 to 24 months to open medical marijuana dispensaries after passing a law, said Becky Dansky, legislative analyst for the national Marijuana Policy Project. "The idea of having dispensaries open in a year was extremely ambitious," Dansky said of Hawaii.

Source: Bangkok Post June 10, 2017 13:14 UTC