HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The state Department of Health is offering free courses to a limited number of licensed healthcare providers on the clinical application of medical cannabis.

This comes after the governor signed a new law giving more leeway for physicians sand some nurses to decide which patients could benefit from the drug.

Twenty-five years after Hawaii legalized medical marijuana, the state says 30,000 patients are currently registered to buy the drug from one of 24 regulated dispensary locations statewide.

“Cannabis is medicine. And the FDA recognizes that,” said epidemiologist Linh-Ve Le of the DOH Office of Medical Cannabis Control and Regulation.

Le said providers need to know how cannabis could interact with other drugs, along with the risks, benefits, and possible ad

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