Now that medical marijuana retail dispensaries are taking root in urban Honolulu, it’s likely that they’ll soon be sprouting elsewhere on-island. Noa Botanicals, one of the three Oahu medical marijuana licensees, is prepping to open its second location — near Windward Mall — as its year-old Young Street store is seeing 50 to 90 new patients a week.

Each dispensary can operate two production facilities — that each may grow up to 5,000 plants — and two retail centers, possibly a third with state approval. After the state legalized medical cannabis in 2000 (but initially provided no legal way to obtain it) Hawaii’s first dispensary opened in August, 2017 on Maui.

Study Hawaiian, skip the Klingon

Americans have never been the most avid students of languages. Perhaps turning it into yet another online addiction can overcome their resistance — especially with something familiar.

That’s what can happen with Duolingo, the website/mobile app that now offers Hawaiian within its language curriculum. Log in at duolingo.com and start with a placement test.

Whatever the score, you’re in good company, with 10,700 active learners already enrolled in the free instruction.

In time, Hawaiian should climb in the ranks: The made-up alien tongue Klingon has 315,000 students.