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<br /> JUL-D1-97 TUE 12:56 LAUPFa B~7,LLINGEP 3251635 P. DI <br /> i <br /> r,-- <br /> '97 JUL 1 Pfl 1 C3 <br /> To: Ai) County Council Memt.e,rs GQ' <br /> From- ?y Hanson Presdent I<or~a Crirne Prevenhon Cornrn~)i ~J i Y v. ~ I-I~,~°JAI~ <br /> Re' Testimony on behalf of Nlznjuana Irradication <br /> h/iy name is 7y Hanson, Pre~eident of tho Kona Cnmc Prevention CornmdtUOe Ian-. here i~;c;ay <br /> io ask the County Gouooil on t;eh2lf of the Kona ~nme Prevention Committee ro accept the <br /> funding to help,rradicate marijuana on the island of Hanrai~ <br /> You have no doubt heard studies and counter studies about the efforts of mar,juaa3 Thr cro <br /> area of consensus by almost all pf these studies is that the users awareness '~s altered. , 66, <br /> alcohol this altering of the senses Can lead to unpaired a`rivuig and o;hei dangers -f h,g :rk~,x- <br /> sould be enough reason to support the irradicatior•~ of marquana or. the Erg Lsia•rd <br /> Another equally significant r:oncem regarding marijuana is that rnurC and mo~a ^i ,cur vc ~-:n <br /> aro becoming targets for rnari uana dealers. 7hes;; kids as young as and G years <br /> easy prey for dealers whose rnan~pulative pressure tactics have caused an ;nor;rasn, ,v <br /> our youth to bocome users of r:ran~uana Crirne statistics as well as most major stud~es s~,c w <br /> causal relation botwaen the a >o of man)uana aria harder drugs such as IC,c CRACK <br /> GOCAWE. and Fd~ROIN_ The:;u studies also also prove duoct finks between increase;l cry^~e <br /> and marijuana use- While we n~alize that not o~~reryone who us©s marijuana w,ll use hanJ'r <br /> drugs just as everyone who o~n~ns a gun will u=c+ it tc commit a cnm~. fh~ growing an~9 sel4~~, s.; <br /> marijuana must come t0 an end, <br /> Marijuana growing on the Bi~~ Island has becorno a co»piex business with growers uu.in~ <br /> sophisticated booby traps and weapons to protect tiieu cops so that they can collect ~9ega~ an!~ <br /> untaxed profits Our law efforc~ament officials need and deserve our support so tCey usn com:.a: <br /> the farmers of an illegal crop : i et only harms our society. Pleas: approve the funding `oi <br /> marijuana eradication. <br /> tvlahalo <br /> iy Hanson <br /> President Kona Grirr7e Prevention Committee <br /> Camu®. DTa ~ <br /> File lio. U CSG <br /> ~;PresentedCO~~~~ <br /> flat. Rate JUL U ! 1991 <br /> <br />