Raided medical marijuana farm supplied 1,000 patients

Added on 01 December 2023

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Raided medical marijuana farm supplied 1,000 patients

Care Waialua raided (Photo Credit: Kawano, Lynn | None)

HONOLULU - The owner of the Care Waialua medical marijuana farm that was raided on Oahu’s North Shore said he supplied nearly 1,000 patients — and they need their medicine.

Jason Hanley said he also expects to be arrested soon, but he doesn’t know what the charges will be.

Hanley said federal agents with Homeland Security Investigations, Honolulu police officers and state narcotics officers spent hours ripping the plants out of boxes in the greenhouses while executing search warrants on his properties.

He said they also seized financial records and cash from the farm and his home.

“We have a lot of patients in hospice, we have patients that are kupuna, disabled vets, and they have no where to go now,” said Hanley.

Carlos Sanchez, a 71-year old patient, said the medical marijuana helped him sleep. “I have arthritis from my tailbone all the way to my neck,” he said.

Sanchez said he didn’t like the side effects of prescription pills but he is struggling without the plants.