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NOV-1'7-98 TUE 8:07 UH SOHOOL OF PUBLIC HLTH FAX NO. 808 956 4585 Pr,01 01 / NW-17-1998 0734 - for. Aaron S.Y..Chwo& Chair Committee oa Phumae r RECE1vED fwmri County coma? 25 Aaputd St. ArtA - _r- ey._-- Mo. HsW99 96720 hate---------_--- county counvl/G Deer Mr. Chuag and the FWznoe Conroe; SUBAX-r Support abr Rmuttoa 328-98, Ccu=miaetlon 990 1 am J. Wdrom Wood. MPlit, Phil, Iate im Dean asw Ptoahator of Public Flatdth at the University 0ERWId'i at Mates sdwd of Public health. I am curs* the Principal faveatigator of than State's Commurdty Homed Treatment Needs Aaaeaament having dame a simian task for the State In 1991. In my capacity as a &m*y ofthe School orPubiic Heath (BFPO I ooordlaW a Woep known as the Comas oily Epidsovolcoc* Warn Group (CEWG) w bkh is sponsored by the National 7nathuto on DAW Abuse (?W)A) and meets every 6 moat to review the atatus of substanoo thus in Aawtd`l. Our CSWO brings together in&mfuak involved = the prevtrdton, traatmant and imerdwtion of subsume abuse sad Its abusers in the state. in tonal, we have about 35 reproves bringing their materials to our meeting.. The CEWG in HavwPi Ism been opaatiomal since 1989 and we have just eotapleted our 24th medib$ ofthis group sad have several oonsl twA 8stdegs that I hW you should be aware dfbe$rn ded&* on this neecludgm Mar4utmtt abuse is the stated cause Ibr the second largest mn*w of admission to treatment in programs sponsored by the State of Iiaw&i'a Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division. To addition, it Is still eonddoned a drag of abuse and one in Which, for malty you0g PeoPk, is a "Soy" idrul~ Igaorwa the asSative health impact of shaking moon the drug r a social problem fbr the State. The mardtam of the 1990'a is aot the smite as the marijuana oftbo 1%0's and 197WL Its potency malras It every be as h wmM as other drugs usually thotugbt hiss addictive. Furrier, rate atanctm of crime to aodAtles such as marijumm eohNstlon ad ask is a ea:efton report to the CLVQ. Finally, these 9nd'ntgs arts not Unique to Hawaii but rather are rgxwW ftm most of the 22 cities repordag to the Natfonel CBWQ eetwork. The &M r emebut it problmn for those involved k the pro"Alarr of health education ad social atvicea tlaoughma the stoic. The issue et had. as I tmdmsdutd it Is "should rho county accept £ederai Rinds dew abr nuuV wta "Ibrrema t dotW ilmlese We atlstr ofaimds is VWY diffmou alum others with WJdch I am 9tttnliar, the total "r*r'arnWd Cftf a' allaws for etWWAUMM of the Rends abr k6setructural mq*Kvi as wail as program that Mm on the prevmtdon of drug abuse and the strengthaniag of cva aunaaa agaaast dtug abttaa. 't'hese aWotts are usually piayod out is the Schools, Businesses, and Costrttttalides through teens sad pwa*v tips that have positive Impacts on their tespa*V0 groups. I worry about arb bola o is decision malting and am ooncerned that no atedfble &Adua ice research erdsts on this program to demonstraft unequivocally the positive and negttive impacts of ' g9o.31 awe. Ne. U 5 G - N71e Na. W. Ta Presert{ed F ~