#thc

Hawaiʻi AG Lopez joins multi-state coalition urging congress to fix hemp language in US Farm Bill

Attorney General Anne Lopez is joining a coalition of 20 other state attorneys general on a bipartisan letter asking Congress to fix hemp language in the 2018 Farm Bill.

Workplace Drug Tests Show Positivity Rate Is Up

Workplace drug testing results by Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc., showed increases in the positivity rate in the four major drug classes from Q3 to Q4 2019.

First Report of Possible Vaping-Associated Severe Respiratory Illness in Hawai‘i

The first report of a possible case of vaping-associated severe respiratory illness in a Hawai‘i Island resident under the age of 18 years has surfaced.

Lunch & Learn: Endocannabinoid System, Sept. 14

Medical cannabis researcher and author Michael Backes returns for a Lunch & Learn presentation about the Human Endocannabinoid System from 1 to 3 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 14, at the Leis Family Class Act Restaurant, on the second floor of the Pāʻina Building at UH Maui College, 310 Kaʻahumanu Avenue in Kahului.

Researcher Returns With Introduction to Medical Cannabis

Backes will explain how cannabis works to manage a range of symptoms and conditions, different methods of administration, and the differences between THC, CBD..

Workforce Drug Test Study: Cocaine Use, Synthetic Urine Detection Up

Diagnostic Laboratory Services: Year-end workforce drug tests show marijuana up and amphetamines down; but all categories showed increases in the fourth quarter

Hawai‘i’s First Industrial Hemp Grower Licenses Issued

The Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture has issued the first licenses to growers under the State’s Industrial Hemp Pilot Program.