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.R. No. 122 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this resolution is to request the Legislative Reference Bureau to study the provisions of the Medical Marijuana law.

Your Committee finds that since the adoption of the Medical Marijuana law in 2000, concerns have been raised about its provisions and its implementations. The concerns are not one-sided; some advocates see the law as too stringent, and others see it as not stringent enough. After three years, your Committee finds that a dispassionate policy review of the law is necessary to look at these and other community concerns to determine the impact of the law.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 122 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.