Meetings:

12-12-18
  • 12-12-18 Meeting Video

  • 11-9-18
  • 11-9-18 Meeting Video
  • 11-9-18 Meeting Minutes

  • 10-23-18
  • 10-23-18 Meeting Video
  • 10-23-18 Meeting Minutes

  • 10-8-18
  • 10-8-18 Meeting Minutes

  • Documents:

    Medical Cannabis Insurance Reimbursement Working Group Report


    Provider Certification and Registration of Qualified Medical Cannabis Patients

    Document referencing the statutory language in Hawai’i Revised Statutes Chapter 329 that outlines the provider certification and registration process required to become a qualified medical cannabis patient in Hawai’i.


    NCSL Cannabis Map

    A map of the United States color-coded to denote the legal status of cannabis in each state.


    Medical Cannabis Registry Program Data – June 2018

    Deidentified demographic information on qualified medical cannabis patients in Hawai’i provided by the Department of Health.


    Medical Cannabis Statutes by State

    A table that indicates whether a state’s medical cannabis statute has a provision that relates to insurance coverage, and whether a state’s workers compensation program has reimbursed claims for medical cannabis. Includes links.


    The Marijuana Conversation: Questions Workers Compensation Insurers Are Asking

    An article about medical cannabis and policy implications for workers compensation insurers from the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI).


    High and Dry: How Will Legal Marijuana Impact Workers Comp?

    An article from an online industry publication discussing the impact of medical cannabis on workers compensation.


    Academic Journal Articles:

    The use of cannabis in response to the opioid crisis: A review of the literature, Nursing Outlook, January – February 2018 Vol. 66 Issue 1

    Medical Cannabis Laws and Opioid Analgesic Overdose Mortality in the United States, 1999-2010, The Journal of the American Medical Association, October 2014

    Medical Marijuana Laws Reduce Prescription Medication Use In Medicare Part D, Health Affairs, July 2016 Vol. 35 No. 7

    Association Between US State Medical Cannabis Laws and Opioid Prescribing in the Medicare Part D Population, The Journal of the American Medical Association, May 2018

    Association of Medical and Adult-Use Marijuana Laws With Opioid Prescribing for Medicaid Enrollees, The Journal of the American Medical Association, May 2018

    Medical cannabis legalization and opioid prescriptions: evidence on US Medicaid enrollees during 1993–2014, Addiction, July 2018 Volume 113, Issue 11

    Do medical marijuana laws reduce addictions and deaths related to pain killers? Journal of Health Economics, March 2018 Volume 58

    Associations between medical cannabis and prescription opioid use in chronic pain patients: A preliminary cohort study, PLOS ONE November 2017