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ifs <br /> RHONllA M ROBISON <br /> 3 4 1 5 9 K A H A U L I PLACE ~ ~P~i_____ dy <br /> K A I L U A K O N A, HAWAII 9 6? 4 0- 8 4 0 8 <br /> ~oun4yv Counc~# <br /> October 3, 2002 <br /> <br /> Ted Sakai -Director of Public Safety <br /> State of Hawaii <br /> Department of Public Safety <br /> 919 Ala 1~loana Boulevard, 4th Floor <br /> Honolulu, Hawaii 96814 <br /> Dear Mr. Sakai: <br /> Thank you for your response of my letter to your office dated September 5, 2002. Some of <br /> your responses were not clear enough for me and I wanted to ask you to please help me <br /> understand some of them. <br /> Response #1 to County Councils Condition #5 <br /> You expressed your strong reserz-ations about its viability and wisdom. What our County <br /> Council has done in even making reference to this condition is recognize that the law to <br /> some extent was made for the people and not against the people and basically lets us, the <br /> people of Hawaii county know that our lawmakers are hearing our voices. You additionally <br /> stated that the State would not be able to control the supply level or the quality of the <br /> product, hexe again, if the state would contract with independent people to solely grow <br /> medical marijuana far patients only, focusing on the patients who cannot grow ties plant for <br /> themselves. Having qualified, contracted independent people grow it, would eliminate <br /> hundreds and hundreds of medical marijuana grow sites, (an issue recently raised in funding <br /> of the Marijuana Eradication Grant}, which would in turn save time and money in having to <br /> investigate a "medical marijuana grow site". And eliminate the State liability of poor <br /> judgment calls on medical patients. This way the State stays in control of the situation, <br /> and it takes away the risk of unnecessary litigation because of the high risk of individual <br /> officers making unlawful arrests, unlawful seizures of medical cannabis and even the <br /> possibility of infringing on State and Federal Constitutional rights. You further state that <br /> the possession and distribution of marijuana is still illegal under the Federal law, that it <br /> would truly be unwise and irresponsible for the State government to knowingly engage in an <br /> activity prohibited by lazy My response is, do you think this was on Governor Cayetano's <br /> mind when he signed it in to law? It would seem as though the spirit of the law speaks for <br /> itself. The law was made for the patients. Obviously, Governor Cayetano signing this into <br /> law has recognized it. Our Federal Constitution, Annend~ent X, Rights Reserved to <br /> State Rights reserved to states or people. 'I`he powers not delegated to the United <br /> States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the <br /> States respectively, or to the people. What Governor Cayetano did was use the States <br /> right to do this. Basically our State has used its freedom and right to make this into law and <br /> knowing that the possession and distribution is still against Federal law It would seem as <br /> ?3 4157 KAI-i_ACI,I YLACF, KA71,CA KONA, IlA\VA11 9674U-N4~7sa~YIr1. N - -Q_ <br /> PFIONIi: RUN-325-1661 `f~' <br /> ;file No. <br /> Ttef. o ~ <br /> Ref. Date 0 8 2002 <br /> <br />