HI SCR80

Request the Drug Enforcement Administration to remove marijuana from federal Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act based on currently accepted medical use of marijuana in treatment existing in Hawaii and the United States.

Assert that marijuana does not meet Schedule I criteria under the federal Controlled Substances Act because it has a currently accepted medical use in treatment, which is one of the required findings for Schedule I classification.

Recognize Hawaii's lawful authority exercised in 2000 to accept medical marijuana use through the State's medical marijuana program.

State that Hawaii is entitled to create a state-regulated marijuana distribution system for medical purposes without DEA obstruction of federal law.

Direct transmission of certified copies to the U.S. Attorney General, DEA Administrator, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Hawaii Governor, and Hawaii state health and public safety officials.