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HAWAII POLICE DEPARTMENT 'rrr RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING INVESTIGATIONS INVOLVING THE MEDICAL AND RELIGIOUS USE OF MARIJUANA L PURPOSE To establish rules and regulations relative to investigations conducted by the Hawaii Police Department, involving the medical and religious use of marijuana. II. DEFINITIONS A. "Adequate supply" means an amount of marijuana jointly possessed between the qualifying patient and the primary caregiver that is not more than is reasonably necessary to assure the uninterrupted availability of marijuana for the purpose of alleviating the symptoms or effects of a qualifying patient's debilitating medical condition; provided that an "adequate supply" shall not exceed three mature marijuana plants, four immature marijuana plants, and one ounce of usable marijuana per each mature plant (Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 329-121). B. "Debilitating medical condition" means: 1. Cancer, glaucoma, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or the treatment of these conditions, 2. A chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition or its treatment that produces one or more of the following: (a) Cachexia or wasting syndrome; (b) Severe pain; (c) Severe nausea; (d) Seizures, including those characteristic of epilepsy; or (e) Severe and persistent muscle spasms, including those characteristic of multiple sclerosis or Crohn's disease, or 3. Any other medical condition approved by the Department of Health pursuant to administrative rules in response to a request from a physician or potentially qualifying patient (Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 329-121). C. "Immature marijuana plants" means a marijuana plant, whether male or female, that has not yet flowered and which does not yet have buds that are readily observed by unaided visual examination (Hawaii Administrative Rules, Title 23, Department of