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Friday, April 19, 2019 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 11:11 PM :: 6444 Views :: Family, Life, Drugs
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...Most of the suicide bills we have been tracking are in conference committee....
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Tuesday, March 26, 2019 |
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Hawaii More drug deaths than traffic fatalities
By News Release @ 3:39 PM :: 4560 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Drugs
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...through 2018, the incidence of drug related deaths in the state has surpassed traffic fatalities in Hawaii. Fortunately, death rates have declined since the Initiative was launched, with more than 120 overdose reversal from administration of Naloxone in the last year....
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Sunday, March 24, 2019 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 8:33 PM :: 8547 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment, Life, Drugs
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... We believe these bills are unconstitutional ....
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Friday, March 15, 2019 |
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Comments Suggesting Legislators Smoked Weed Stricken from House Journal
By Rep Gene Ward @ 1:19 AM :: 5326 Views :: Ethics, Politicians, Drugs
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...“What's most ironic is my comments were censored by Majority Leader Belatti, who happens to be a strong advocate to legalize marijuana." -- Rep Gene Ward....
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Sunday, March 10, 2019 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 3:54 PM :: 5681 Views :: Family, Life, Drugs
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...CROSSOVER: Bills alive move to the opposite chamber....
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Thursday, March 7, 2019 |
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DoH Launches Marijuana Sales to Tourists
By News Release @ 2:39 AM :: 4841 Views :: Tourism, Drugs
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...Out-of-state minors can also apply if they (claim to) meet specific eligibility criteria....
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Sunday, March 3, 2019 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 4:52 PM :: 5986 Views :: Family, Life, Drugs
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...decriminalization of marijuana is not the same as marijuana legalization....
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Friday, March 1, 2019 |
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HCR31: Remove Oxy Dealer's Name from Smithsonian
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 2:20 PM :: 3489 Views :: Drugs
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...The Sackler family is held largely responsible for our current opioid epidemic – the No. 1 killer in our nation....
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Saturday, February 16, 2019 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 5:36 PM :: 5964 Views :: Family, Life, Drugs
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...Several bills to educate the community on suicide prevention are making their way through the legislative process....
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Sunday, February 3, 2019 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 3:25 PM :: 3368 Views :: Drugs
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... Monday, February 4, 2019, the House Judiciary Committee will be hearing HB 1383 Relating to Marijuana in room 325 at 2:05 ....
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Wednesday, January 30, 2019 |
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Rep Thielen: Power, Drugs and Imminent Danger Top Concerns
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 5:07 PM :: 6960 Views :: Military, Republican Party, Drugs
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...Rep. Cynthia Thielen's bills this Legislative session....
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Friday, January 25, 2019 |
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Video: Origins of the Opioid Crisis
By Video @ 10:10 PM :: 5026 Views :: Health Care, Drugs
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...Dr. Jeffrey Singer exposes the facts and myths about the opioid overdose problem in the United States....
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Thursday, January 24, 2019 |
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HB939: State Ag Bill Restricts Hemp Growers More Than Feds Do
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 12:40 AM :: 5340 Views :: Agriculture, Drugs
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...The Hawaii DOA lists the following erroneous justification for HB939: "Given the nature of hemp as a Schedule 1 Controlled Substance . . .." However, as of Dec. 20, 2018, hemp was removed from that list....
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Wednesday, January 16, 2019 |
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DoH Reports 23,479 Medicated Dopers Statewide
By News Release @ 1:35 AM :: 5468 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Drugs
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...As of Nov. 30, 2018 there were approximately 6,659 registered patients and 383 caregivers on Hawai‘i Island of the total 23,479 patients and 1,734 caregivers registered statewide. The primary reported condition for adult registered patients is ‘severe pain’. The primary reported condition for children under 18 years of age is ‘seizures’....
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Wednesday, January 16, 2019 |
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Harassed by Drugged-out Shelter–Refusers, Iolani Palace to close early--Children's Center may Shut Down
By News Release @ 12:57 AM :: 6400 Views :: Homelessness, Drugs
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...there have been increasing issues with vandalism including damage to a palace window and graffiti on historic structures. This is a result of night time vagrancy and items such as hypodermic needles being left on the grass....
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Friday, January 11, 2019 |
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Hawaii Sex Trafficking Study--Part 2 Released
By News Release @ 12:37 AM :: 6990 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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"...Eighty percent of those forcibly initiated into prostitution via sex trafficking also prostituted without a trafficker at a later point...."
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Friday, December 21, 2018 |
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Trump Signs Farm Bill Legalizing Hemp
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 2:22 AM :: 8538 Views :: Agriculture, Drugs
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...Representative Cynthia Thielen (R–Kailua, Kaneohe Bay) celebrates the legalization of industrial hemp through the passage of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (H.R. 2), better known as the 2018 Farm Bill....
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Thursday, December 20, 2018 |
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UH Study: Tweekers 15.1% of Emergency Room Traffic at Hawaii Hospital
By News Release @ 2:17 PM :: 6007 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Drugs
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...Amphetamine-positive patients spent more time per visit on average in the emergency department and were more likely to require medication and physical restraints....
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Monday, November 5, 2018 |
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Legislative Agenda: Oxycontin Will be Excuse to Make Your Insurance Policy Cover Marijuana
By News Release @ 6:20 PM :: 4758 Views :: Health Care, Drugs
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...Yes, your insurance rates will be going up, but we need our weed. You straights exist to service us. It is the order of things....
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Friday, November 2, 2018 |
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Hawaii DoE: 10% of Students Consider Suicide Each Year
By News Release @ 1:36 AM :: 7235 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Drugs
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...Hawaii students tried to take their own lives at a higher rate than their peers across the country....
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Wednesday, October 24, 2018 |
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Thursday, September 27, 2018 |
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Hawaii Finance Commissioner Calls for Congress to Allow Marijuana Banking
By News Release @ 4:18 PM :: 3688 Views :: Drugs
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...the well-documented conflict between federal and state law has created barriers for financial institutions desiring to serve businesses involved in state-licensed cannabis activities....
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018 |
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DoH Receives $8M Federal Grant to Fight Opioid Abuse
By News Release @ 8:09 PM :: 5716 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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...Americans initiating heroin use dropped by around half from 2016 to 2017. The number of Americans misusing opioids also dropped for the second year in a row, and the number receiving specialty treatment for heroin use increased....
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Wednesday, August 22, 2018 |
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With Daddy up on Drug Charges, Hawaii County Councilmember Suddenly Tries to Join 'Hawaiian Kingdom'
By News Release @ 2:53 AM :: 12995 Views :: Hawaii County , OHA, Politicians, Drugs
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...Sovereignty flows from the will of the people. The people's will is statehood. So skip the rhetoric and scroll down to the bottom for the real story. Or if your really want to have some fun, read all the explanatory comments I inserted in parenthesis. -- Editor....
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Wednesday, July 11, 2018 |
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Department of Health begins implementation of new medicated cannabis amendments
By News Release @ 6:50 PM :: 5134 Views :: Tourism, Drugs
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...More THC, Vaping, and lots of Weed for Kids, Tourists, and out-of-state students....
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Saturday, July 7, 2018 |
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Hawaii's First Hemp Growers Licensed
By News Release @ 1:44 PM :: 6528 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business, Drugs
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...industrial hemp refers to cannabis plants with a tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration at or below 0.3 percent....
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Friday, June 15, 2018 |
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Audit: State Asset Forfeiture Program -- 30 Years Without Rules
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 1:06 AM :: 6496 Views :: Judiciary, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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...after nearly 30 years since the program’s inception, the department has not yet adopted administrative rules describing procedures and practice requirements for asset forfeiture....
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Sunday, May 27, 2018 |
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Secret OHA LLC Created to Sell Marijuana
By Andrew Walden @ 9:03 PM :: 9764 Views :: Ethics, OHA, Drugs
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...Hawai’i Free Press has been attempting—unsuccessfully--to obtain the six OHA LLCs’ check registers since 2016. Now we have discovered a seventh OHA LLC....
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Monday, May 14, 2018 |
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Drug Use by State: 2018’s Problem Areas
By Selected News Articles @ 3:26 PM :: 5734 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Drugs
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... Hawaii ranks 46th ....
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Thursday, May 10, 2018 |
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Dope Magazine Tours Bumpy's Marijuana Grow-Op
By Selected News Articles @ 8:26 PM :: 7606 Views :: Greenmail, OHA, Drugs
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"...inside these gates, we can do what we need to do...."
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Thursday, May 10, 2018 |
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Hawaii Judiciary Celebrates National Drug Court Month
By News Release @ 3:51 AM :: 5460 Views :: Law Enforcement, Drugs
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...Since the implementation of Hawaii’s first Drug Court in 1996, more than 2,000 people have graduated and found success in improving their lives....
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Wednesday, April 18, 2018 |
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Hemp Pilot Program Begins Accepting Grower License Applications
By News Release @ 9:20 PM :: 5789 Views :: Agriculture, Drugs
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...HDOA worked with federal and state drug enforcement agencies to successfully import the hemp seed varietal, Yuma, from China....
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Saturday, April 14, 2018 |
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Opioids and Assisted Suicide
By News Release @ 6:17 PM :: 6459 Views :: Family, Life, Drugs
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...It would have been nice to see this kind of concern on "medication" intended to kill....
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Thursday, April 12, 2018 |
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End of Session: House Republican Bills Still Alive
By Rep Andria Tupola @ 4:11 PM :: 6356 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party, Drugs
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...We are three weeks away from the end of the 2018 Legislative Session....
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Thursday, April 12, 2018 |
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Kauai County Sues Opioid Manufacturers
By News Release @ 4:17 AM :: 6835 Views :: Kauai County, Health Care, Drugs
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...litigation against manufacturers, marketers, and distributors of opioid pain medications who have irresponsibly spread this terrible epidemic....
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018 |
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AMA: Hawaii Has Longest Life Expectancy
By News Release @ 4:01 PM :: 6176 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Drugs
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...In 2016, Hawaii had the highest life expectancy at birth (81.3 years) and Mississippi had the lowest (74.7 years), a 6.6-year difference....
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Monday, March 26, 2018 |
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Trump Omnibus Protects State Marijuana Laws
By News Release @ 7:04 PM :: 3903 Views :: Drugs
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...The amendment covers 98 percent of the United States’ population....
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Saturday, March 24, 2018 |
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Are There Risks From Secondhand Marijuana Smoke? Early Science Says Yes.
By Selected News Articles @ 9:16 PM :: 5777 Views :: Health Care, Drugs
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...people would never tolerate those levels of cigarette smoke in a public place anymore. So why were they OK with pot smoke?....
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Friday, February 16, 2018 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 11:51 PM :: 6669 Views :: Family, Life, Drugs
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...Marijuana Edibles Passes First Committee in the Senate....
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Sunday, February 11, 2018 |
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Former Armed Robber Running for Maui Mayor
By Andrew Walden @ 7:05 PM :: 18778 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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...Elle Cochran attempted to wrestle the gun away from the security guard before she could be subdued....
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Sunday, February 11, 2018 |
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Former Cocaine Dealer’s Wife Running for Honolulu Council
By Andrew Walden @ 4:03 AM :: 23698 Views :: Honolulu County, Politicians, Drugs
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...Should ex-coke dealers get more political representation?....
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Wednesday, January 17, 2018 |
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Chin Letter: Weed Plus Banking Equals Campaign Contributions
By News Release @ 3:47 AM :: 6489 Views :: Politicians, Small Business, Drugs
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Attorney General Chin said, “Banks and other depository institutions are currently hindered by federal law from providing financial services to cannabis businesses....”
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Saturday, January 13, 2018 |
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Lawmaker pushes pharmacies, insurance carriers for protections against Hawaii's No. 1 killer
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 2:04 AM :: 5097 Views :: Drugs
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...America's deadliest-ever drug crisis killed more in 2016 than the number of U.S. troops that died in the 20-year Vietnam War....
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Tuesday, December 19, 2017 |
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Survey: 62% of Hawaii Youth Not Qualified for Military Service
By News Release @ 3:20 PM :: 7989 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Military, Drugs
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...Crime and Inability to Join Military or Workforce Present National Crisis....
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Friday, December 1, 2017 |
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Serving the law can circumvent justice
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:56 PM :: 5454 Views :: Second Amendment, Drugs
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...legal marijuana users in the state have been receiving letters from the Honolulu Police Department ordering them to turn in their legally owned firearms....
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Friday, December 1, 2017 |
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DoH Unveils Hawaii Opioid Action Plan
By News Release @ 6:57 PM :: 4217 Views :: Drugs
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...a standing order to allow pharmacists to dispense Naloxone....
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Tuesday, November 28, 2017 |
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HPD Chief Ballard Orders People With Medical Pot To Surrender Guns
By Selected News Articles @ 4:15 PM :: 7086 Views :: Second Amendment, Drugs
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...Marijuana users in Honolulu are expected to turn over all firearms and ammunition to the state within 30 days of receiving the notice, according to a letter signed by police chief Susan Ballard....
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Thursday, November 23, 2017 |
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Two Years Later--DLNR Still Finding Homeless Drug Addicts on Na Pali Coast
By News Release @ 5:01 AM :: 8552 Views :: Kauai County, Homelessness, Drugs
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...Each time a team of officers from the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) flies into the Kalalau section of the Na Pali Coast State Wilderness Park, they find fewer illegal camps and write fewer arrest citations....
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