Public Polls: Tracking Cannabis Reform Support

Hawaii Public Poll May

Are you aware of potential HIPAA violations mentioned in House Bill 302 (HB302)?

Yes

Did you know a civil complaint/lawsuit was filed in early May seeking to veto HB302 and Senate Bill 1429 (SB1429)?

Yes

Are you aware that Governor Josh Green signed Senate Bill 1429 (SB1429) into law, which limits medical cannabis grow sites and has been criticized for favoring eight licensed dispensaries across 25 locations—potentially violating the Sherman Antitrust Act?

Yes

Did you know the State allocated $50,000 to study cooperative medical cannabis grow farms, but the Department of Health (DOH) has reportedly failed to carry out the study?

Yes

Were you aware that since the 2014 transfer of oversight to the DOH, no formal review has been conducted of Hawaii’s medical cannabis program, despite law enforcement concerns?

Yes

Would you support a roll call vote in Congress to remove cannabis from the federal Controlled Substances Act of 1970, even if it means losing federal enforcement funding (e.g., from Homeland Security, DOJ, DEA)?

Yes

Do you believe the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) should be the primary agency regulating cannabis (Cannabis sativa L), replacing current federal enforcement bodies?

Yes

Do you support creating a local, cottage-style industry of cooperative medical cannabis farms in Hawaii, where patients and consumers know and trust their growers—similar to a “farm-to-table” model?

Yes

HAWAII April 2025

Hawaii Public Poll April

Where do you procure your Cannabis Medicine?

Dispensary

Self

Illicit Market

Carded CareGiver Grower

Do you have 329 Medical Card?

Yes

I want to get one

Do you feel it is hard to find a Doctor and get a 329 Medical card?

Yes

If you use medical cannabis, why have you not gotten your 329 card?

Don’t use Dispensaries

Cannot afford the Fee

Fear retribution from Local Law Enforcemnet

Don’t trust the State having my information

If you have your 329 card why don’t you use Dispensaries?

Too expensive

Medicine is of poor quality

Don’t have your particular medicine

Don’t trust/know who is growing your medicine

If you procure your medicine outside of dispensaries do you ask for it to be tested?

Yes

Do you feel Medicine should be Tested?

Mandatory

Case by case basis

You Trust your grower no need to test

Are you familiar with seed to sale tracking (metric/bio track)?

Yes

Do you feel the state should be tracking businesses with Seed to Sale Tracking to prevent diversion?

Yes

What percentage of cannabis is being sold that is off island import?

Less than 1%

20%

50%

Over 50%

Unsure

Is your Medicine supplier growing local or imports?

Local

Import

Unsure

Do you support the Dispensary system model set up by the state with 8 local owners selling cannabis?

Yes

Unsure

Would you support an overhaul of the medical cannabis program that would allow licensing of local people to cultivate and open dispensaries to sell to medical patients? The license would be 2,500 dollars and would allow any citizen of Hawaii to operate in the medical cannabis market

Yes

Unsure

HAWAII March 2025

Hawaii State Public Opinion to Public Policy

Should Cannabis be treated as a crop such as Tomatoes allowing any individual to be able to propagate cannabis without prosecution from the Feds or the State?

Yes

Unsure

Do you agree with Big Dispensary Monopoly over Local Farmers?

Yes

Unsure

Because Cannabis has a lower potential for abuse than other drugs that are subjected to the same restrictions, with scientific support for its use as a medical treatment. Should cannabis be rescheduled or legalized for adults 21+ or medical patients 20 and below with guardian administered sessions?

Yes

Unsure

Do you think it’s discriminatory against legal cannabis industry because they’re not allowed to use Debit/Credit Card transactions with most banks due to federal laws?

Yes

Unsure

Do you believe cannabis is a gateway drug or is alcohol the gateway drug?

Cannabis is a gateway drug

Alcohol is a gateway drug

Unsure

If the science shows that cannabis has medical value in various ailments most of which we cannot explore correctly due to current legislation and law. Should we change Federal Legislation and Law on Cannabis to allow proper scientific testing to find out the true potential of Cannabis?

Yes

Unsure

Do you believe Cannabis should be rescheduled for medical or recreational?

Yes, for Medical

Yes, for Recreational

No, for both

Unsure

If Cannabis is legalized Recreationally, what would you suggest to be done so the market will not get saturated?

Canopy Limit Space

Plant Count Limits

Card Grower Limits

No Regulations (like tomato)

Would you prefer medical environment experience or a recreational experience when dealing with cannabis or both?

Prefer Medical Experience

Prefer Recreational Experience

Both

Unsure

Everyone wants “cheap” cannabis but that comes at the cost of quality. If there was an reasonable price with highest medical quality cannabis supplied by farmers, would you prefer this over a dispensary?

Yes

Unsure

Deschedule Earth 2024 Polls

December 2024

A Public Poll on the topic of Descheduling Cannabis

Do you believe the war on drugs, mainly plant based medicines that started in 1971 was the biggest fraud perpetrated on the American people and across the globe?

Yes

Unsure

Historical Perspective

Do you believe States involved in the cannabis regulatory system effectively promote corruption and extortion?

Yes

Unsure

Regulatory Effectiveness

Do you think small cannabis businesses face unfair barriers such as extortion or excessive regulation?

Yes

Unsure

Small Business Challenges

Do you believe any cannabis licensing process is extortion?

Yes

Unsure

Cannabis Licensing

Do you believe that natural resources like cannabis are God’s gifts to the people and should not be controlled by the government?

Yes

Unsure

Divine Ownership

Should law enforcement focus more on prosecuting corruption in the cannabis industry rather than targeting cannabis users?

Yes

Unsure

Law Enforcement

Should cannabis communities have the right to self-regulate rather than being governed by state-imposed regulations?

Yes

Unsure

Self-Regulation

Do you think using cannabis as part of a spiritual or religious practice should be protected under the First Amendment?

Yes

Unsure

Religious Freedom

Do you believe the government’s regulation of cannabis infringes on your constitutional rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?

Yes

Unsure

Constitutional Rights

Should cannabis users and businesses be protected under the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution, just like any other group?

Yes

Unsure

Equal Protection

Do you think using cannabis as part of a spiritual or religious practice should be protected under the First Amendment?

Yes

Unsure

Religious Freedom

Should local communities have the authority to create and enforce their own cannabis policies, free from state or federal interference?

Yes

Unsure

Community Empowerment

Do you believe that State control over the cannabis industry oversteps the state’s authority?

Yes

Unsure

State Control

Do you believe that the right to cultivate and use cannabis is a fundamental human right that should not be regulated by any government?

Yes

Unsure

Natural Law

Would you support a constitutional amendment to protect the natural and religious use of cannabis from government interference?

Yes

Unsure

Policy Reform

Hawaii Public Poll May

Hawaii Public Poll May

HAWAII April 2025

Hawaii Public Poll April

HAWAII March 2025

Hawaii State Public Opinion to Public Policy

Deschedule Earth 2024 Polls

December 2024

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