HEARING TO LOOK AT IMPACT OF 'ICE'

Lawmakers studying the state's crystal methamphetamine problem plan to look at
the drug's impact on adolescent groups at a Capitol hearing today.

Among the issues the Joint House-Senate Task Force on Ice and Drug Abatement
plans to examine is the growing number of island children caught in homes where
one or more parents abuses the drug known as "ice."

Judge R. Mark Browning, of the state's Juvenile Drug Court program, and Judge
Bode Uale, of Family Drug Court, are scheduled to testify before the committee.
Others scheduled to speak to the panel include Sylvia Yuen, a professor at the
University of Hawaii Center on Family, and Elaine Wilson, director of the state
Health Department's Drug and Alcohol Abuse Division.

Lawmakers also plan to speak to legal professionals about constitutional issues
related to Hawaii's search and seizure laws.