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Landscape fabric covered the ground at a legal cannabis farm near Brewster, in north-central Washington state, in July.
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Regarding “Legalizing marijuana will cause harm” by Honolulu Prosecutor Steve Alm (Star-Advertiser, Island Voices, Oct. 8): I agree completely.
As a new Hawaii resident, recently moved from Portland, Ore., I can attest that Oregon’s recent legalization of marijuana (and other hard drugs) has proved to be a complete disaster. Drug use and abuse, drug-related crimes and homelessness have skyrocketed. The strain on law enforcement, medical services and social services has been immense, both in terms of time diverted from other important duties and the cost. And tax revenues have not come close to what was projected.
We in Hawaii can learn from this Oregon failure. As Alm wrote, “Let’s keep Hawaii, Hawaii.” We do not need the legalized sale of nonmedical marijuana; we do not want to reap the negative results already experienced by Oregon, California and Washington.
Brian Belet
Mililani
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