{"id":109098,"date":"2017-07-31T20:58:42","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T00:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=109098"},"modified":"2017-07-31T20:58:42","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T00:58:42","slug":"hawaii-allows-first-lab-to-begin-testing-medical-marijuana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/07\/31\/hawaii-allows-first-lab-to-begin-testing-medical-marijuana\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii allows first lab to begin testing medical marijuana"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_109103\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109103\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/640px-Marijuana-Cannabis-Weed-Bud-Gram.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-109103\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/640px-Marijuana-Cannabis-Weed-Bud-Gram-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"A dried bud of cannabis, which can be used for medical therapy. (Photo By Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain)\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/640px-Marijuana-Cannabis-Weed-Bud-Gram-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/640px-Marijuana-Cannabis-Weed-Bud-Gram.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109103\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=42690152\">A dried bud of cannabis, which can be used for medical therapy. (Photo By Evan-Amos &#8211; Own work, Public Domain)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>HONOLULU \u2013 Hawaii has approved its first laboratory to begin testing samples of medical marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the state Department of Health certified Honolulu-based lab Steep Hill Hawaii.<\/p>\n<p>That brings Hawaii closer to the long-awaited date when dispensaries can sell their products.<\/p>\n<p>Hawaii was among the first states to legalize medical marijuana 17 years ago. But the state didn&#8217;t legalize dispensaries until 2015. That left about 17,000 patients to grow or obtain the drug on their own.<\/p>\n<p>Medical marijuana dispensaries began opening in Hawaii this summer. But they could not sell their products because there were no certified labs to conduct the required testing.<\/p>\n<p>Dana Ciccone owns Steep Hill Hawaii. He says once the lab receives samples it will take about four days to test and return samples to dispensaries for sale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HONOLULU \u2013 Hawaii has approved its first laboratory to begin testing samples of medical marijuana. On Monday, the state Department &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":109103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,16,17],"tags":[1517],"class_list":["post-109098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","category-news","category-news-w","tag-medical-marijuana","mauthors-cathy-bussewitz","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}