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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Yes (continued) <br /> Marijuana eradication efforts are not causing the rise in methamphetamine use. <br /> Rise attributed to efficiency of producers of these drugs and its promotion as a <br /> drug of euphoria. Methamphetamine use is increasing across the nation - even <br /> in California which has decriminalized small amounts of marijuana. (6/16: <br /> Tano p. 108) <br /> <br /> <br /> 2. Have Eradication Grant Funds Been Expended In Compliance With <br /> Grant Terms? <br /> <br /> No <br /> Marijuana eradication accounts show purchases of pastry, charcoal, paper goods, <br /> coffee and other drinks, ice cubes, an ice chest, tarp, aluminated comparator, car <br /> rental reimbursement for attending steroid enforcement investigation training <br /> seminar in Honolulu, reimbursement for costs to attend public forum on <br /> decriminalizing marijuana, travel expenses to Reno, Sacramento, Maui etc., pot <br /> liners and potting soil, etc. Speaker questioned the appropriateness of many of <br /> these expenditures. (6/16: Robinette p.29-31) <br /> <br /> Question <br /> Has there been any independent verification/monitoring of the amount of <br /> marijuana seized and its destruction? (6/16: Wenner p.5) <br /> Police are harvesting less but still spending a lot of money. New contract <br /> indicates that Police got 342,919 plants in 1994. In 1994 Crime in Hawaii <br /> report, police indicated that they got 122,044 plants. (Speaker cited pgs. 8-9 of <br /> a report he submitted.) The numbers don't add up with what they're reporting. <br /> to the state. (6/16: Robinette p.28) <br /> <br /> What's the present procedure for finding, manually-cutting, removing and <br /> destroying confiscated cannabis? (6/16: Rothstein p. 71) <br /> <br /> What procedures are in place assure that police staff aren't misappropriating <br /> confiscated cannabis? (6/16: Rothstein p. 71) <br /> <br /> How much confiscated cash has been turned in as evidence and what procedures <br /> are in place to assure that police staff aren't misappropriating this cash. <br /> (6/16: Rothstein p. 71) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 3 <br />