Pubdate: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 Source: Honolulu Advertiser (HI) Copyright: 2000 The Honolulu Advertiser, a division of Gannett Co. Inc. Contact: P.O. Box 3110 Honolulu, HI 96802 Fax: (808) 525-8037 Website: http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/ Author: Allen Morelli MEDICINAL MARIJUANA TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF BUREAUCRATS' RESISTANCE Someone please correct me if I'm wrong ... but, I thought the Legislatureof Hawai`i approved the use of medical marijuana, and the governor signed it into law five months ago. I thought the purpose of the law was to decriminalize the use of marijuana under certain medical conditions, to make it possible for doctors to prescribe it and to make it cheaper for those who choose to use it as part of their therapy. Seven other states have implemented marijuana for medical use. ... Surely we can find some way to implement this new law by looking at their example. Oregon, in particular, seems to have found a way to make it work ... without having patients register with the local Narcotics Enforcement Bureau. Would you want to register with the cops? I don't understand the resistance from the bureaucrats to implementing this law simply and sanely. To them, I would say: Your job, my friends, is to implement the will of the people...not subvert it. We need some leadership from the governor and Legislature to get this law implemented. Allen Morelli Pahoa - --- MAP posted-by: Andrew