Hawaii Tribune Herald, 14 Feb 2012 – Marijuana is in the news. Now the focus is too many people have medical marijuana permits (Tribune-Herald, Feb. 11). Too many are too young. Too many do not have the correct diagnoses. Is this a threat to the community? Is this really where our focus should be? Is this where our resources should be spent? Methamphetamine has a severe impact on our community. It’s made in illegal labs with chemicals that are not meant for human consumption. This substance is tied directly to violent crimes.

Hawaii Tribune Herald, 14 Feb 2012 – Marijuana is in the news. Now the focus is too many people have medical marijuana permits (Tribune-Herald, Feb. 11). Too many are too young. Too many do not have the correct diagnoses. Is this a threat to the community? Is this really where our focus should be? Is this where our resources should be spent? Methamphetamine has a severe impact on our community. It’s made in illegal labs with chemicals that are not meant for human consumption. This substance is tied directly to violent crimes.

Hawaii Tribune Herald, 14 Feb 2012 – Marijuana is in the news. Now the focus is too many people have medical marijuana permits (Tribune-Herald, Feb. 11). Too many are too young. Too many do not have the correct diagnoses. Is this a threat to the community? Is this really where our focus should be? Is this where our resources should be spent? Methamphetamine has a severe impact on our community. It’s made in illegal labs with chemicals that are not meant for human consumption. This substance is tied directly to violent crimes.

Hawaii Tribune Herald, 14 Feb 2012 – Marijuana is in the news. Now the focus is too many people have medical marijuana permits (Tribune-Herald, Feb. 11). Too many are too young. Too many do not have the correct diagnoses. Is this a threat to the community? Is this really where our focus should be? Is this where our resources should be spent? Methamphetamine has a severe impact on our community. It’s made in illegal labs with chemicals that are not meant for human consumption. This substance is tied directly to violent crimes.

The Maui News, 08 Feb 2012 – In my Aug. 6 letter, "Hawaii medical marijuana law confuses, contradicts," I asked if anyone could answer the decade-old question: Is there any legal procedure to acquire medical marijuana in Hawaii? Six months later, I still have not discovered the answer.

The Maui News, 08 Feb 2012 – In my Aug. 6 letter, "Hawaii medical marijuana law confuses, contradicts," I asked if anyone could answer the decade-old question: Is there any legal procedure to acquire medical marijuana in Hawaii? Six months later, I still have not discovered the answer.

The Maui News, 08 Feb 2012 – In my Aug. 6 letter, "Hawaii medical marijuana law confuses, contradicts," I asked if anyone could answer the decade-old question: Is there any legal procedure to acquire medical marijuana in Hawaii? Six months later, I still have not discovered the answer.

The Maui News, 08 Feb 2012 – In my Aug. 6 letter, "Hawaii medical marijuana law confuses, contradicts," I asked if anyone could answer the decade-old question: Is there any legal procedure to acquire medical marijuana in Hawaii? Six months later, I still have not discovered the answer.

Garden Island, 07 Oct 2010 – ‘To Stop The Revolving Door Of Addiction’ LIHU’E – Kaua’i Drug Court graduate Larissa Urynowicz proudly went from Kaua’i Community Correctional Center to Kaua’i Community College, she said. "Thanks to the Drug Court program I’ve found a new way to live," she said at her Drug Court graduation ceremonies Friday in a courtroom where her presence previously meant she was in trouble.

Hawaii Tribune Herald, 03 Oct 2010 – While sentencing pot-grower Matthew Bottorff, Circuit Judge Glenn Hara was reported to have lectured the defendant (Tribune-Herald, Sept. 25). "What bothers me about marijuana," says the judge, "is not so much marijuana itself. I’m not saying that marijuana necessarily, chemically, leads to other drugs. It psychologically leads to disregard of marijuana laws, which leads to disregard of other laws concerning drugs."