Recreational cannabis is now legal in 24 states and three more could legalize some form of marijuana sales this year. But ...

Hawaii’s legislators addressed a series of topics Sunday at the 8 th annual Hawaii Cannabis Expo in Honolulu — the hottest of which was the future of legalizing recreational marijuana.

On Tuesday, the Hawaii State Senate passed a bill that would legalize cannabis use for all adults and create a new state agency responsible for taxing and regulating the drug’s sales.