HONOLULU - A bill to legalize marijuana for recreational use is moving through the state Senate. What it doesn't spell out is- how would the dispensaries sell it?



Right now, only patients with a "329" medical card can enter the sales room of a medical cannabis dispensary. If the curent bill to legalize recreational marijuana is approved, dispensaries will have to change the way they do business.



Noa Botanicals on Oahu points out two possibilities. CEO Brian Goldstein says Colorado shops build two separate sales rooms. "You enter and say, 'I'm buying medical or recreational.' If it's medical you show your medical ID and go and shop on the medical side of the store, where there are specific products available."



In Nevada, he says there's only one sales room. You show your medical card to get different privileges. "Your record in the computer shows you are a medical patient, and you can buy products- which tend to be available in higher dosages," Goldstein explains.