Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 152, H.D. 2, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure 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.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Drug Policy Action Group, Effective Change, LLC, a graduate student, and two individuals. Comments were received from the Legislative Reference Bureau.

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

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.C.R. No. 152, H.D. 2, and recommends its adoption.