Hawaii Officials Discuss Ways State Can Petition DEA For Exception To Federal Marijuana Schedule I Classification
By: Jason Karimi, WeedPress Contributor Title: Hawaii Officials Discuss Ways State Can Petition DEA For Exception To Federal Marijuana Schedule I Classification Sourced From: weedpress.wordpress.com/2021/03/25/hawaii-officials-discuss-ways-state-can-petition-dea-for-exception-to-federal-marijuana-schedule-i-classification/ Published Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 05:30:39 +0000 The roughly 2,000 Facebook followers and email subscribers here at WeedPress should be intrigued. On Tuesday this week, Hawaii’s Health, Human Services, and Homelessness committee discussed Hawaii House Concurrent Resolution 132. HCR 132 directs Hawaii officials to begin the process of “requesting the Department of Health to submit a request to the Drug Enforcement Administration for an exception to regulations and a petition to initiate proceedings for federal rulemaking to clarify that the state-authorized use of medical cannabis does not violate the federal controlled substances act.” Below is recent discussion