AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoChanging Cannabis Culture: Big Island grower Aaron Zeeman’s new book records 144 marijuana-era rituals, from coded calls to papaya-stem pipes. He says legalization is retiring customs once shaped by secrecy—and wonders what may be lost. Youth Housing: A new Oʻahu program will offer Native Hawaiian and LGBTQ+ youth ages 16 to 24 at risk of homelessness one-time cash help, housing plans and three months of support to prevent a crisis. Native Hawaiian Affairs: A new 11-member state panel will try to settle a decades-long dispute over how much ceded-land revenue is owed to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs; state law sets its share at 20%, but the revenue calculation remains contested. Living History: More than 1,000 people are waiting for tours of Honouliuli, the former WWII incarceration camp in West Oʻahu. Free visits are limited to 26 people once a month. Lahaina Recovery: Survivors and healers describe lasting health and emotional strain three years after the fires, as families continue rebuilding and researchers study wildfire exposure. Autism Services: UH Mānoa is training clinicians in December to help ease Hawaiʻi families’ waits of up to two or three years for autism assessments.
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