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DEC -18 - 99 FRI 01:08 PM FRIENDS OF JIf1 PHTH - 808 325 7284 P.02 <br /> ”. a.._4, O 0 <br /> 9� <br /> o � � '1 ," pppp <br /> il a .0 DP 38I ,M ' 51 <br /> HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES :u <br /> S E OF HAWAII <br /> STATE CAPITOL ( - - n {,�f� �i <br /> HONOLULU, HAWAII 95813 COW 11 ,;�': iJf' 1. .r.. .,-�.� <br /> ■ <br /> December 18. 1998 <br /> TO All Hawaii County Cowrcilmembers, Numbered Communication <br /> FROM Representative Jim Rath, District 6. North Kona/South Kohala <br /> RE- Marijuana Eradication <br /> Consider our children. Indeed, that Is where some of the manluana goes .... to our <br /> kids <br /> If marijuana becomes scarce due to eradication efforts, the price goes up and with a <br /> smaller more expensive supply, there is certainly less of it in our schools. Less of our <br /> children who will start drug use - <br /> Consider Common Sense <br /> You will hear from marihuana advocates that n rijuana is not a "gateway" drug and <br /> does not cause one to go on to other more addictive and harmful drugs. <br /> In the very next breath, they will tell you that eradication of manjuana causes the price <br /> of marijuana to increase and people to move to the cheaper ice, crack and cocaine. It <br /> would seem to me that if those who use marijuana can not obtain it at a reasonable cost <br /> and for that reason move on to more addictive and harmful drugs, that by that <br /> definition, marijuana is a gateway drug. <br /> To purchase marijuana you must buy it from a person who sells it, a criminal In doing <br /> so a person involves themselves in a criminal sub- culture and the person selling them <br /> marijuana is a "drug dealer" and the very source of other drugs. such as ice Selling <br /> drugs is their business and our schools are full of their potential customers - <br /> Ne. -13 <br /> Pile Ne. �° 0 L <br /> Ref. Tot Presenfed CO VN Lf <br /> ' Rat. Date Cm z. 3 1995 <br />