Arrested Hawaii Medical Marijuana Collective Owner Launches Fundraising Campaign

Says this is an opportunity to help set precedence.

HILO, HI — Big Island resident Mike Ruggles launched a crowdfunding campaign this week to help pay for legal fees after being arrested in September for opening Hawaii’s first medical marijuana collective.

Ruggles says this is an opportunity to help set legal precedence to establish medical marijuana collectives in Hawaii.

Ruggles had opened the Alternative Pain Management Pu’uhonua Collective on January 2nd, where patients with a medical marijuana certification could transfer marijuana…