Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1604 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for fiscal year 2003-2004 for community anti-drug efforts aimed at preventing the use of crystal methamphetamine on the island of Hawaii.

A United States Senator, the Department of Health, the Hawaii State Teachers Association, the Office of the Mayor of the County of Hawaii, a member of the Hawaii County Council, the Queen's Medical Center, the Community Alliance on Prisons, Hawaii Island Economic Development Board, Blueprint for Change, Family Support Services of West Hawaii, and a concerned individual submitted testimony in support of this bill.

Your Committee finds that crystal methamphetamine, or "ice," has become the greatest threat to the health and public safety of communities in the County of Hawaii.

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. 1604 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.