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Cannabis laws disproportionately impact Native Hawaiians

This is problematic for a number of reasons, the first and most glaring being that the cash bail system is responsible for “Around half of the people sitting in Hawaii’s jails [who] have not been convicted of the crime for which they have been charged,” as the ACLU reported. That contributes to the “about 11,000 people in Hawai‘i alone [who] are booked into local jails at a cost to the state of around $60 million per year.” The result is not only increased taxpayer expense, but overcrowding in jails resulting in unsafe and inhumane conditions, which have reached breaking points in recent years Community Correctional Center with inmate riots and protests.

“The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity and fellowship so desperately needed in this increasingly mad and dangerous world.”

“Indeed, marijuana is less toxic than many of the drugs that physicians prescribe every day.” - Dr. Joycelyn Elders, Pediatrician, Public Health Administrator

“I have found in my study of these patients that Cannabis is really a safe, effective and non-toxic alternative to many standard medications. There is no such thing as an overdose. We have seen very minimal problems with abuse or dependence, which at worst are equivalent to dependence on caffeine. While a substance may have some potential for misuse, in my opinion, that’s a poor excuse to deny its use and benefit to everyone else.” - Philip Denney, MD / Physician