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The Conversation: Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017

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Bluefin Tuna; Local Sea Level Rise; Accessing Medical Cannabis

DLNR Seal Level Impact Report

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Sam Lemmo

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The Department of Land and Natural Resources is working on its sea level rise, vulnerability and adaptationreportdue to the Legislature later this fall. It’s the first such assessment.

Intro Music: Call You Home by Kelvin Jones

Outro Music: Joan of Arc by Ricky Reed

Getting a Medical Cannabis Prescription

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Me Fuimaono-Poe

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Medical cannabis has finally become available in Hawaii, and as it does more and more patients are signing up every day for a 329, a Hawaii-registered Medical-Marijuana card.

Intro Music: Drive My Car by Soulive

Outro Music: Privacy (Instrumental) by Quasimoto

Civil Beat Reality Check

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Stewart Yerton

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Next week, Hawaii’s state lawmakers will meet for a special session to find a solution to fill the deficit of the ever more expensive rail project. Could the deal they strike mean hotels will get stuck with the tab?

Outro Music: No Growing (exegis) by The Olivia Tremor Control

Should Bluefin Tuna Be an Endangered Species?

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Doug Fetterly

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Pacific Bluefin tuna will not be placed on the endangered species list. That decision by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is based on the estimation of over 1 million and a half bluefin in the wild; a population that environmental NGOs say is dangerously low.

Outro Music: You Da Best by S-Type

Why Are Kona’s Wells Failing?

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Kawika Uyehara

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Since January water users in North Kona have been under restrictions, with five of thirteen wells currently out of service.   

Intro Music: Easy Money by Bruce Springsteen

Outro Music: Mission Creep by The New Mastersounds

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