No Marijuana Legalization for Hawaii This Year

A bill that would have legalized marijuana in the Aloha State died in a state Senate committee Thursday, but a decriminalization bill still lives.

Senate Bill 2733 was “deferred” in committee, or, as Sen. Will Espero, chair of the Public Safety Committee said in remarks reported by the Associated Press, “At this time, the legalization bill is dead.”

But a decriminalization bill, Senate Bill 2358, still lives.

The AP reported that decrim got a much less frosty reception than the legalization bill, so stay tuned.

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