Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 152, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study on how medical marijuana plants and products may be procured and distributed to patients registered with the medical marijuana program.

A concerned individual supported this concurrent resolution. The Legislative Reference Bureau provided comments.

Your Committee finds that physicians can recommend the use of marijuana to patients in Hawaii. Current law allows certified patients to legally possess a certain amount of marijuana for medicinal purposes, but patients have great difficulty in acquiring either plants or products. This measure will study those problems in the hopes of finding solutions.

Your Committee amended the concurrent resolution by requesting that the Department of Public Safety assist in the study conducted by the Legislative Reference Bureau, and by making technical nonsubstantive changes.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 152, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 152, H.D. 2.