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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I SUBMIT TO YOU TWO (2) SEPARATE DOCUMENTS <br /> (ATTACHED) INDICATING THAT OUR ERADICATION PROGRAM IS SAFE, <br /> EFFECTIVE AND SENSITIVE TO OUR NATURAL RESOURCES. <br /> LAST YEAR (1996) WE HAD THE DUBIOUS DISTINCTION OF LEADING THE <br /> NATION IN THE MOST MARIJUANA PLANTS ERADICATED IN OUTDOOR PLOTS. <br /> MORE THAN 500,000 MARIJUANA PLANTS WERE ERADICATED. JUST IMAGINE <br /> IF WE NEGLECTED TO DO OUR PUBLIC SERVICE WE WOULD HAVE 500,000 <br /> MARIJUANA PLANTS BEING CONSUMED BY THE PEOPLE OF HAWAII. THE ONLY <br /> <br /> WINNER IN THIS SITUATION WOULD BE THE DRUG TRAFFICKERS WHO <br /> CULTIVATE MARIJUANA AND MAKE A HUGE PROFIT. WE HAVE NEVER COME <br /> ACROSS ANY MARIJUANA CULTIVATOR WHO TOOK THE TIME AND MADE THE <br /> EFFORT TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT. EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT <br /> MARIJUANA CULTIVATORS TOTALLY IGNORE OUR DELICATE ENVIRONMENT <br /> <br /> AND THEIR MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO MAKE A PROFIT. <br /> MARIJUANA HAS A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE AND NO CURRENTLY <br /> <br /> ACCEPTED MEDICAL USE. IN FACT, THERE ARE NO PROVEN MEDICAL <br /> <br /> APPLICATIONS FOR ITS USE. IN FACT, THERE ARE MANY MEDICAL <br /> ORGANIZATIONS (I.E., AMERICAN GLAUCOMA SOCIETY, AMERICAN CANCER <br /> SOCIETY, ETC.) THAT HAVE REJECTED MARIJUANA AS MEDICINE. <br /> STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THESE ORGANIZATIONS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER THE <br /> HARMFUL EFFECTS OF MARIJUANA AND THE LACK OF SOLID RESEARCH <br /> DEMONSTRATING THAT ITS USE WOULD DO MORE GOOD THAN HARM. <br /> <br />