Cannabis companies raise funds for Maui disaster relief

Hawaii’s island of Maui will need billions of dollars in relief and reconstruction funds in the coming years after the worst wildfire in the United States in a century left the city of Lahaina to rubble. Authorities have confirmed more than 100 dead, with perhaps 1,000 missing.

According to former President Barack Obama, who grew up in Oahu, you can donate directly to the Red Cross. The President added that local direct support groups include: The Hawaii Community Foundation’s Maui Strong Fund; Hawaii Red Cross; Swift Response to Maui; Maui Humane Society; New Life Kahuku Inc.; and the Wildfire Relief Fund.

Those who are back to the therapeutic cannabis molecule CBD can also combine their purchase with a donation. The Rare Cannabinoid Company announced this week that it will donate half of its gross sales to Maui Strong.

Hawaii has a limited medicinal cannabis program that includes dispensaries and cultivation of THC, the main active ingredient in cannabis. Other farmers also grow hemp for CBD on the islands. Rare Cannabinoid Company uses hemp oil grown in Hawaii.

The medical marijuana movement originated in California in the 1990s in charitable relief. These days, the now-legal $30 billion industry always opens its pockets when disaster strikes. The People’s OC in Santa Ana, California, is conducting a Maui Relief Giveback August 16-23 and asking for toiletries. Because the island of Maui is approximately 2,400 miles from the continent, virtually everything that residents of the island need must be shipped by plane and boat.

Hope and healing for Hawaii, to which cannabis culture owes much; From strain names and breeding work to surf culture.

We’ll update the post with more help links as they are announced.