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J~~~ e1 •g~ i1~ea h~F~ cir~-~<cNA azE-az~5 P.ii <br /> Y <br /> <br /> 1 <br /> MY SON AND DAUGHTER ATTENDED KEALAKEHE <br /> INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL LAST YEAR. DRUGS WERE MUST PREVALENT <br /> ALL OVER THE CAMPUS. DRUG SALES ANA DEALING WERE .4 <br /> NOTORIOUS, FREQUENT DAILY ROUTINE AT TFIIS INTERMEDIATE <br /> SCHOOL. MARIJUANA IS TFIE DRUG OF CHOICE. AS STATED IN WEST <br /> HAWAII TODAY'S ARTICLE ON 27 JUNE 1997 ENTITLED STLrDY; <br /> e~renrrrre~rerFADCTOHA D.RDRCJ,S,"CHRONIC USE OF MARIJUANA <br /> CAUSES CITANGES THAT MAY PRIME THE BRAIN FOR ADDITION TO <br /> COCAINE AND HEROIN, ACCORDING "f0 STUDY THAT PROVIDES THE <br /> FIRST HARD SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT FOR THE CONTENTION THAT <br /> MARIJUANA CAN BE A GATEWAY TO IIARDETi DRUGS". <br /> I BELIEVE THAT Tf1T5 IS VERY TRUE. AllDITIONALLY, THE USE <br /> OF MARIJUANA CAUSES A JUSTIFICATION THAT 'fITE USE OF OTHER <br /> DRUGS IS ACCEPTABLE ALSO. MARIJUANA IS DESCRIBED AS A <br /> HARMLESS DRUG BY THOSE WHO ADVOCATE LOOSENING LAWS <br /> AGAINST IT. OFTEN, iv1ARIJUANA LEADS INTO A "DRUG ORIENTED <br /> SOCIETY" OR GROUP OF llRUG USERS ANll SUPPLIERS. <br /> I HAVE SEEN TOO MANY CRIMES AND FIGHTS IN MY <br /> COMMUNITY AND SCHOOLS AS A RESULT OF THIS DRUG. I HAVE SEEN <br /> AN ATTR.ACTIVE,14 YEAR OLD GIRL, A FORMER JROTC CADET, RUINED <br /> BY THE USE OF DRUGS. SHE HAD BEEN LIVING IN A TEN"f WITH AN <br /> OLDER MAN, SEEN ON THE PIER AND AROUND TOWN CONTINUALLY <br /> ON A DRUG HIGH. AND AS SHE STATED 'IO :CIE, "SHE DID SOME <br /> REALLY TERRIBLE THINGS" AS A RESULT OF THIS DRUG USE. AND <br /> HOW DOES A 14 Y"EAR OLD GIRL AFFORD TO BUY THESE DRUGS? -YOU <br /> CAN IM4GINE THE WAYS. AND SHE STARTED WITH MARIJUANA, THE <br /> GATEWAY INTO THE DRUC SOCIETY. <br /> <br />