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<br /> JL'L O1 '97 11~C3 HPD CID-KONG 22b-4236 P.10 <br /> LTC DANIEL c. MALAIC~E (RET> <br /> TESTIMONY TO THE YIAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL <br /> MARIJUANA ERADICATION <br /> 2 JULY' 1997 <br /> HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS, <br /> I AM THE SENIOR AR!~1Y INSTRUCTOR FOR THE US ARMY JUNIOR <br /> RESERVE OFFICER 'f RAINING CORPS PROCR4NI (JROTC) FOR THE <br /> SCHOOLS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ISLAND OF HAWAI[. 1 AM ALSO <br /> THE DISTRICT "TRAINING AND LEADERSHIP CHAIRriIAN, <br /> ROUNDTABLE COMMISSIONER AND A TROUY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN <br /> F'OR THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA KONA COAST DISTRICT. <br /> ADDITIONALLY, I SERVE ON THE KUNA ROTARY BOARD AS THE <br /> VOCATIONAL DIRECTOR AND AM A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH <br /> COORDINATOR <br /> MY FAMILY AND I MOVED TO KONA FROM OAHU LAST SUMMER. <br /> ONE OF THE REASONS FOR CHOOSING THE BIG ISLAND R'AS TO <br /> GET AWAY FROM'fHE CRIME AND DRUGS UN OAHU. SINCE I HAVE <br /> BEEN HERE, WORKING WITH THE YOUTH OF THE COMMUNITY, I AM <br /> AYPALLED BY THE VAST AMOUNTS OF DRUGS BEING CONSUMED BY <br /> MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY YOUTH. MARIJUANA <br /> YARTICULARLY, IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH OUR YOUTH <br /> POPULATION. MANY OF THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS COME TO <br /> SCHOOL'IIICH' EVERY DAY. IT iS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE THAT THERE <br /> IS A MAJOR DRUG PROBLEM IN THE HIGH SCHOOL. <br /> <br />