Hawaii Company Completes First State-Legal Transfer Of Marijuana Between Islands
We completed the first wholesale delivery in state history on September 1st
A cannabis producer and dispensary operator in Hawaii made minor history last month by completing the first legal inter-island transfer of medical marijuana since the state established a dispensary system in 2016.
The transaction happened legally under state law thanks to a recent change that took effect in August. Previously, Hawaii barred inter-island transfers, citing federal jurisdiction over airspace and water around the islands. Federal law still prohibits all use and possession of cannabis, of course, but officials changed the state policy as concerns about federal interference in state-licensed marijuana programs have diminished.
The company Big Island Grown (BIG) announced two wholesale transfers of medical cannabis products from the Big Island to retailers in Kauai in September, during the first month such inter-island transfers were allowed under a state law signed by Gov. Josh Green (D) in June.
“We completed the first wholesale delivery in the state history on September 1,” co-founder and CEO Jaclyn Moore told Marijuana Moment in an interview this week. “We are in every dispensary on Kauai now.”
“We’re looking now at Maui and Oahu,” she added. “Really every island where there’s a dispensary.”
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