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<br /> JIiN-13 97 1P:08 FROM:6REWER EhVIROMEh'TF1L 80E-532-75C~~7 T0: 9693291 PRGE~03 <br /> 3 <br /> CHEAP MARIJUANA INVITES OCJR CHILDREN TO SMOKE <br /> DOPE'. <br /> Indeed, do not fund our eradication efforts, and the victims are WITHOUT <br /> QUESTION OR DOUBT our children: You would be doing nothing <br /> more than making drugs easier and more affordable for our precious children. <br /> Think about that. Little children, still m their fot7native years, their minds <br /> developing, along with the habits they will have throughout life. <br /> Do you really wagt to be the person to make dope more affordable aqd <br /> available to them? <br /> I have heard those of you on the Council speak, and speak well, of our spirit <br /> of Aloha, the feeling of Ohana, of protection of the Aina, and the meaning of <br /> Pono. Explain to me how cheap drugs, in particular Marijuana, THE <br /> Gateway drug, being more available to our precious children, still in <br /> elementary school, fits into the scheme of those things we consider "pono." <br /> We, who seek to save a small strip of sand for a public resource, seek to <br /> protect the archeological sites of ancient Hawaii, how could we, forsake the <br /> small and unprotected children, the keiki. <br /> OK! If you vote for eradication, you will lose the dope vote. I believe that's <br /> far better than losing a generation! <br /> Joe, you are a close and trusted friend of mine. A father and grandfather, as I <br /> am. I know no man that cares more for children than you. I know few that <br /> have the love of their fellow man that you have. I know you personally, to be <br /> a good, decent and honest person who acts with caution and careful <br /> deliberation. <br /> Trust me ! (1'm not a politician anymore) This program ss not perfect, but it <br /> does work. It may save only a few hundred children a year from developing a <br /> drug habit, were very cheap marijuana available. Of those few hundred, just <br /> less than half will ever try stronger drugs and just a small percentage will <br /> become junkies. Vote against the eradication money and you will get the <br /> "dope vote" and it will only cost the futures of a few of our childreu. <br /> To the rest of you Honorable Councilmembers; some of you I have served <br /> with, and others I barely know, however, to all of you; I implore you, think <br /> of our kids. Don't give drug dealers any advantage, don't subsidize their <br /> industry, use the common sense God gave you. If this program wasn't <br /> working, they wouldn't be bitch'n! <br /> <br />