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Margaret “Peggy” Leong, an attorney and former parish administrator, is leading the state’s new medical cannabis dispensary program.

It took 15 years to evolve from legalizing medical marijuana to allowing dispensaries, but additional changes could come much quicker.

The Hawaii Department of Health has released new data on the patients using medical cannabis.

As Hawaii’s Department of Health sets up a dispensary program, it struggles with a backlog of 1,000 applications for medical marijuana cards.

The state Supreme Court has changed a rule to permit attorneys to provide legal services to clients who want to grow and sell medical cannabis.

As Hawaii moves to put in place medical marijuana dispensaries, legal challenges remain. Legal experts talk about what’s going on.

The justices consider a change after nearly two dozen attorneys requested the ability to help clients who want to establish dispensaries.

A former Honolulu mayor and a former state attorney general ask the Hawaii Supreme Court to permit lawyers to serve medical marijuana dispensary applicants.

Pointing to federal law, the state Supreme Court Disciplinary Board says attorneys can’t help clients establish or operate medical cannabis companies.

Eight business licenses will soon be up for grabs to grow medical marijuana and operate Hawaii’s first dispensaries.