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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0326.000 2002-2004 ~ fi August 3, 2003, 10:30 pm t Janice Palma-Glennie P. O. 4849 R~.r. ~ n-~~ Kadua-~cona,Hawa~i96745 '03 AUG 2? P,~1 7 51 Te~#80B-~y24-0093 UP~~, CL'.:i~Pl: Fax To: OUN71' q= H~~AIAII Councilman Curtis Tyler August 3, 2003 Re: Efforts to eradicate '•ice" Aloha, Councilman Tyler, I applaud the combined efforts of community and county (including young people) to face the growing "ice" problem. I continue to question, however, the diversion of valuable and limited county/federal resources toward marijuana eradication and the pursuance of petty marijuana users. Overwhelming empirical evidence and statistical data show that the crime, mayhem, and destruction of lives and souls caused by "ice" use in no way compares to the relatively benign use of marijuana; yet marijuana eradication and the arrest of marijuana users continues to divert precious resources and attention away from solutions to the dire challenges of the use of hard drugs here in West Hawai i. it is my hope that county resources will be used t:o focus on the real threats that "ice" and other hard drugs pose to our society, and that marijuana will be dropped from the sights of the •'big guns" needed to help save our youth and communities from the real threat of "ice" use that we all face. Mahalo for your attention in this critical matter. Sincerely, Janice Palma-Glennie cc: County Councilman Joe Reynolds Comm. No.,l,~~_ Ref. To: Ref. dote (~J(;,.3,.7 ~nn~