STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1252

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 128

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 128, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to enhance the regulation of medical marijuana by:

(1) Adjusting the limit of marijuana a qualified patient may

possess from seven to five plants and from one ounce to three ounces of usable marijuana;

(2) Establishing a procedure to determine additional

debilitating conditions for which medical marijuana may be prescribed;

(3) Increasing the requirements to qualify to legally possess and use marijuana for medical purposes; and

(4) Expanding the number or qualifying patients to whom a

primary caregiver may administer medical marijuana from one to not more than three qualified patients at any given time.

 

The Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, Drug Policy Action Group, Women's Coalition, and several individuals supported this bill. A concerned individual supported this measure with amendments. The Department of Public Safety and City and County of Honolulu's Department of the Prosecuting Attorney supported the intent of this measure. The Department of Health and Honolulu Police Department opposed this bill.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 128, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair