KUDOS TO TASK FORCE FOR SWIFT KICK TO ICE

I would like to offer commendation and appreciation to our Senate and House
leadership for their rapid response to our state ice epidemic.

The House-Senate Task Force on Ice and Drug Abatement, co-chaired by Sen.
Melodie Aduja and Rep. Eric Hamakawa, has spent a huge amount of time in
gathering feedback and addressing community concerns by visiting treatment
facilities and holding public meetings and briefings.

Many of the task force members have also appeared at various town meetings in
our communities to gather information about ice and other drugs as well as the
havoc that addiction has brought upon families and communities.

We want to encourage the task force to continue its efforts to strengthen our
focus on the issues of substance abuse in an open approach that looks for what
is best for our state and people.

M.P. "Andy" Anderson

CEO, Hina Mauka