Executive Order No. 24-06
(Guidance Regarding Medical Cannabis Primary Caregivers)

WHEREAS, the medical use of cannabis by a qualifying patient in full compliance with part IX of chapter 329, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), is lawful and does not violate the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, chapter 329, HRS; and

WHEREAS, under part IX of chapter 329, HRS, a qualifying patient is authorized to jointly possess between the qualifying patient and the primary caregiver an “adequate supply” of medical cannabis not more than is reasonably necessary to ensure the uninterrupted availability of cannabis for the purposes of alleviating symptoms or effects of a qualifying patient’s debilitating medical condition; provided that an “adequate supply” shall not exceed: ten cannabis plants, whether immature or mature, and four ounces of usable cannabis at any given time; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to subsection 329-123(c), HRS, every primary caregiver shall be responsible for the care of only one qualifying patient at any given time, unless the primary caregiver is the parent, guardian, or person having legal custody of more than one minor qualifying patient, in which case the primary caregiver may be responsible for the care of more than one minor qualifying patient at any given time; provided that the primary caregiver is the parent, guardian, or person having legal custody of all of the primary caregiver’s qualifying patients; and

WHEFtEAS, the purpose for granting a primary caregiver the authority to cultivate up to ten cannabis plants for the benefit of the qualifying patient is that a qualifying patient with a debilitating medical condition may not be able to cultivate the cannabis themselves; and

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