HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0178.004 2012-2014 COUNTY CLERK
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Written Testimony Submitted against Resolution 81-13
Submitted by Beth Mehau on 3/28/13
I am urging you today to slow down the freight train called
Resolution 81-13 in support of SB 472 (decriminalization
of marijuana). I am asking that you propose new marijuana
decriminalization legislation written with recommendations
for harm reduction by an appointed work task force
including law enforcement, D.O.E., Treatment and Mental
Health Providers, Prevention Specialists, E.R. and other
agencies that will most be impacted by decriminalization.
I believe we need a decriminalization bill that champions
smart policies. These policies should seek not only to
decrease marijuana use but to reduce the stigma placed on
marijuana users and low-level dealers by arrest records that
follow them for life and make it even harder for them to
break free from cycles of substance dependence.
Any piece of sound legislation on marijuana should have
these components:
• Increased community-based prevention to empower
parents, physicians and other health care professionals
to prevent marijuana use among children
• Increased access to recovery-oriented services
• Greater number of drug treatment courts and HOPE
Probation Programs
• Hawaiians have access to a special FDA
compassionate research program deliverables to obtain
non-smoked, non-psychoactive components for
medical for therapeutic purposes
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