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Committee advances repeal of paraphernalia prohibition and carve-out for drug-testing products
Summary
The committee moved HB 15-49 (repeal of paraphernalia prohibition) and HB 15-50 (excluding drug-testing products) forward after extensive testimony from harm‑reduction advocates and law‑enforcement representatives about public-health benefits and public-safety risks.
The House Committee on Health advanced two related measures: HB 15-49, which would repeal a law prohibiting drug paraphernalia, and HB 15-50, which would explicitly exclude drug‑testing products from the paraphernalia definition.
Proponents, including the Hawaii Health and Harm Reduction Center (Heather Lusk) and public-health witnesses, described…
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