The Hawaii legislature Wednesday voted to override Republican Gov. Linda Lingle's veto of a bill that would establish a task force to examine problems and critical issues surrounding the state's medical marijuana law. Legislators voted to enact the bill, SB 1058, by a margin of 25-0 in the Senate and 38-9 in the House.

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Now it will. Under the bill, the task force will:

• Examine current state statutes, state administrative rules, and all county policies and procedures relating to the medical marijuana program;

• Examine all issues and obstacles that qualifying patients have encountered with the program;
• Examine all issue and obstacles that state and county law enforcement agencies have encountered with the program;
• Compare and contrast Hawaii's program with all other state programs; and
• Address other issues and perform any other function necessary as the task force deems appropriate, relating to the program.