STAND. COM. REP. NO. 150

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 361

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 361 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ILLEGAL USE OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to state agencies and the counties for crystal methamphetamine treatment, prevention, rehabilitation, education, environmental damage assessments, and program monitoring initiatives.

The Mayor of the County of Maui, Hawaii Youth Services Network, Blueprint for Change, Coalition for a Drug-Free Hawaii, Hina Mauka, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill. The Department of Health supported the intent of this measure. The Judiciary and Department of Public Safety offered comments.

Your Committee finds that the state must have an all-encompassing, comprehensive approach toward addressing substance abuse in Hawaii to wage an effective battle against drug addiction. This bill helps to add a much-needed rehabilitative component to our current war on drugs.

 

 

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 361 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

 

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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair