Maui County, Hawaii Mayor Michael Victorino proclaimed June 14 as Medical Cannabis Day in the county, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the state becoming the first to pass medical cannabis reforms via the legislative process. Victorino made the announcement on June 13 at Maui Grown Therapies, the first licensed dispensary in Kahului.
The bill was signed by then-governor Ben Cayetano on June 14, 2000. Maui Grown Therapies was also the first dispensary in the state to sell to a patient on August 8, 2017, Victorino said during the announcement. Medical cannabis dispensaries weren’t legalized in the state until 2015 and, previously, relied on caregivers to supply medicine to patients.
Victorino noted that there are some 6,000 medical cannabis patients in Maui County.
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