"It's hard for me to say at this point how powerful of an economic engine it would be for Hawai'i. I admire her faith in that and I think it might be warranted and I think that's part of why a working group is useful to explore it, because as she said that would prepare us to be ready should the opportunity present itself to our state. Our country is moving towards an eventual goal of legalizing marijuana. It's legalized in a host of states for medical reasons and when you look at the risk benefit of marijuana versus other things like narcotics the risk is small and the benefit is huge," Creagan said.