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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0314.018 1996-1998 JUL-D1-97 TUE 12:56 LAUPFa B~7,LLINGEP 3251635 P. DI i r,-- '97 JUL 1 Pfl 1 C3 To: Ai) County Council Memt.e,rs GQ' From- ?y Hanson Presdent I<or~a Crirne Prevenhon Cornrn~)i ~J i Y v. ~ I-I~,~°JAI~ Re' Testimony on behalf of Nlznjuana Irradication h/iy name is 7y Hanson, Pre~eident of tho Kona Cnmc Prevention CornmdtUOe Ian-. here i~;c;ay io ask the County Gouooil on t;eh2lf of the Kona ~nme Prevention Committee ro accept the funding to help,rradicate marijuana on the island of Hanrai~ You have no doubt heard studies and counter studies about the efforts of mar,juaa3 Thr cro area of consensus by almost all pf these studies is that the users awareness '~s altered. , 66, alcohol this altering of the senses Can lead to unpaired a`rivuig and o;hei dangers -f h,g :rk~,x- sould be enough reason to support the irradicatior•~ of marquana or. the Erg Lsia•rd Another equally significant r:oncem regarding marijuana is that rnurC and mo~a ^i ,cur vc ~-:n aro becoming targets for rnari uana dealers. 7hes;; kids as young as and G years easy prey for dealers whose rnan~pulative pressure tactics have caused an ;nor;rasn, ,v our youth to bocome users of r:ran~uana Crirne statistics as well as most major stud~es s~,c w causal relation botwaen the a >o of man)uana aria harder drugs such as IC,c CRACK GOCAWE. and Fd~ROIN_ The:;u studies also also prove duoct finks between increase;l cry^~e and marijuana use- While we n~alize that not o~~reryone who us©s marijuana w,ll use hanJ'r drugs just as everyone who o~n~ns a gun will u=c+ it tc commit a cnm~. fh~ growing an~9 sel4~~, s.; marijuana must come t0 an end, Marijuana growing on the Bi~~ Island has becorno a co»piex business with growers uu.in~ sophisticated booby traps and weapons to protect tiieu cops so that they can collect ~9ega~ an!~ untaxed profits Our law efforc~ament officials need and deserve our support so tCey usn com:.a: the farmers of an illegal crop : i et only harms our society. Pleas: approve the funding `oi marijuana eradication. tvlahalo iy Hanson President Kona Grirr7e Prevention Committee Camu®. DTa ~ File lio. U CSG ~;PresentedCO~~~~ flat. Rate JUL U ! 1991