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Eight years ago, a poll asking Hawai‘i voters about their support for legalizing marijuana found that a ma-jority opposed making marijuana legal in the state be-yond the currently allowed medical uses. A recent sur-vey commissioned by a drug policy nonprofi t suggests that public opinion has shifted in the other direction. This study, conducted by Honolulu polling fi rm QMark Research and commissioned by the Drug Policy Action Group, found that 57 percent of Hawai‘i voters supported legalizing marijuana for personal use and sale, as long as it is regulated and taxed by the state. That fi gure represents a 20-point jump from the 37 percent who said that they sup-ported marijuana legalization in 2005. The survey also found that 69 percent of voters supported decriminalizing marijuana possession and use, a change that would make both punishable by a fi ne – similar to a parking ticket. Even more popular among respondents was the option of set-ting up regulated dispensaries that would allow current medical cannabis users access to the drug without having to grow it themselves.

PUBLIC SUPPORT At a joint press conference last Thursday, DPAG and the Hawai‘i Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union released the poll’s fi ndings. It also gave an updated version of a 2005 report that focused on possible new state revenue from the taxing of legalized marijuana as well as poten-tial savings for law enforcement. Although the jump in support for a change in Hawai‘i’s marijuana laws may seem sudden, DPAG President Pamela Lichty said the numbers typify grow-ing nationwide support for legalization of the drug.

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“It refl ects what is going on around the country. … The polls increase year by year,” Lichty said. Last November, voters in Colo-rado and Washington approved ballot initiatives that legalized per-sonal use of marijuana for adults. In addition, some polls have in-dicated that national support for legalization may be as high as 58 percent. Lichty said these statis-tics – and now Hawai‘i’s – indicate that legal, regulated pot is becom-ing a viable and popular option for states, and referendums like those held in Colorado and Washington are helping to legitimize it. In Hawai‘i, public acceptance of legalizing pot has occurred de-spite additional scrutiny from law enforcement. While public support for the legalization of marijuana and use of the drug increased from 2005 to 2012, the number of arrests by police for pot use and distribu-tion nearly doubled, according to the updated version of the 2005 study also released by the DPAG and the ACLU. For Lichty, this fi nding was a particular surprise because it sug-gests that the legal status of and law enforcement action against the drug had no discernible impact on its use or support for its legalization.

MEDICAL USAGE Another surprise for the DPAG President was the high per-centage of voters who supported expanding the medical marijuana program and establishing dispen-saries. Lichty said that few chang-es have been made to Hawai‘i’s medical marijuana program since it was approved by the State Leg-islature and implemented in 2000, and any expansion of the law would need to include a better distribution system for patients, especially those who cannot grow cannabis themselves or with the help of a caregiver.

“Right now, it’s a crazy sys-tem,” she said. “[It’s] lacking, and [patients] still have to go to the black market.” While Lichty acknowledged that the future of Hawai‘i’s marijua-na laws are uncertain, she noted that the poll’s fi ndings suggest that the State Legislature should reconsider several portions of the current law. She said her group would like to see increased legal possession limits, which would make it pos-sible for users to ingest the drug in edible forms that tend to be safer than smoking, along with ad-ditional measures to protect medi-cal users’ confi dentiality.

INCREASING REVENUE Although the legislature has not considered many major chang-es to Hawaii’s marijuana laws in re-cent sessions, Lichty said the pros-pect of additional tax money from legal pot sales provides lawmakers an incentive to act. “Everybody is worried about revenue today,” Lichty said. “[Legal-ized marijuana] is a source of poten-tial tax revenue. It’s a right issue.” The revised economic report, which was updated by David Nix-on, an associate professor at the University of Hawai‘i’s Public Poli-cy Center, estimates that the state could realize an additional $11.3 million annually from legalized, regulated pot sales. The study also suggested that the State and County governments could collec-tively save $9 million a year by re-ducing marijuana possession and use to a violation. Should the State consider changing its marijuana laws, Lich-ty said the survey “provides factual context” and data for any future debate. That kind of quantitative evidence, she said, is something that has been lacking in previous conversations about legalizing marijuana in Hawai‘i.

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Nolte) to do so. Ryan Gosling plays Sergeant Jerry Wooters, a woman-izer and cynic that can’t avoid the allure of Cohen’s etiquette teacher and lover, Grace Faraday (Emma Stone). Wooters eventually joins O’Mara and four others to form the eponymous gangster squad, an un-dercover troupe that reclaims the city with guerilla warfare. The gangster squad’s initial failed attempts, training, strug-gling to become a gang and mon-tages of successful raids forward the plot to the expected suspicion and retaliation of Cohen. Penn is theatrical in his portrayal but charming because of his exag-gerations – ignoring the warning of his downfall with the silent treatment and shadow boxing in a presentation of his largest racket. But it’s not a performance that will help defi ne his career the way Scarface did for Al Pacino, or Al Capone for Robert De Niro.

Despite the predictability of certain plotlines and the fi lm’s end-ing, “Gangster Squad” moves from incident to event quickly enough that it glosses over the fl eshing out of potentially dynamic charac-ters. Instead, there are glimpses of character nuance and emotion amidst the violence – a reaction and motivation-mix of sorrow, disgust and fury when death is involved – which is enough for a film that doesn’t need to be tak-en as seriously in the gangster canon. O’Mara’s conviction to fight is the driving force behind the film, and his underplayed passion for war makes his battle against Cohen compelling. “Gangster Squad” isn’t a miss or a memorable hit, but it’s right on tar-get as a good fi lm to start off the year.

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What you need to do is make a journal of everything she’s done to you after the breakup. Include dates, times, locations and critical details. After recording these, you need to decide whether to report her to the police immediately or give her one final definitive warning. If you go with the warning, do not tell her in person. Either text, email or call her. Promise her that if she continues to stalk, harass or vandalize your property, you will contact law enforce-ment. If it comes to that, rest assured that you have truth on your side, and contrary to your fears, cops are pretty good at tell-ing who’s lying and who’s not. Don’t enable yourself to continue to be the victim of her immature, disturbing and illegal behavior.

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Freshman outside hitter Sinisa Zar-kovic has been named Ka Leo Player of the Week for his performance in the 2013 Outrigger Hotels Volleyball Invitational. Zarkovic put on a show in his Univer-sity of Hawai‘i home debut during the War-riors’ f ive-set loss to No. 10 Ohio State. The Serbian, who buried 10 kills in two matches combined against BYU, eclipsed that total by recording 12 against the Buckeyes along with eight digs and a .182 hitting percentage. While his introduction to the home fans was impressive, his encore was even better. The Warriors lost in f ive sets for a second-straight night, but Zarkovic did not disappoint in UH’s near upset of No. 7 Penn State. Zarkovic tallied a match-high 18 kills – 16 of which came in the f irst three sets. Zarkovic also added seven digs and a career-high .500 hitting percentage. Zarkovic ended the tournament by helping lead his team to a stunning victory against No. 5 UCLA in f ive sets. The fresh-man went off again as he hit .313 en route to 17 kills, f ive digs and three blocks. Zarkovic also proved to be clutch when it counted as he buried two kills during a 5 -0 UH run that ended the f inal set 16 -14.

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Vander Joaquim has led UH to become the top re-bounding team in the Big West with 41.3 per game.

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The University of Hawai‘i men’s basketball team faces many challenges this year, which in-cludes transitioning to the Big West Conference. The fi rst three games of conference play were at home against Cal State Northridge, Cal State Fullerton, and UC Riverside. The Rainbow Warriors were able to come away with victories in all three, but turnovers seemed to haunt UH, almost costing them the games against CSUN and CSUF, both of which went down to the wire. The team showed resilience against CSUN after starting poorly and closed the game by rallying in the f inal minute to seal the victory 74 -71. CSUF proved to be a tough opponent. The team needed every second to fi nish the game, as junior guard Garrett Jefferson hit a runner from just inside the free throw line to beat the buzzer, ending the game 90-88. The ‘Bows were fi nally able to blow out a conference foe in their next game as fresh-man guard Brandon Jawato hit all seven of his three-point attempts to lead his team to a 76-61 victory against UC Riverside. The team then struggled on the road in a pair of nail-biters, losing 64-68 to UC Irvine and 72-76 to Long Beach State.

PLAYER BREAKDOWN The Rainbow Warriors are young and athletic, having seven freshmen on the roster. One of the major problems that seems to hinder the success for the ‘Bows

have been turnovers, as they rank last in the Big West – with 16.1 per game. The team is inexperienced at the guard position, which makes it diffi cult to handle the tight pressure that opponents have been putting on them. However, the strength of the team is in its front court. Senior center Vander Joaquim, who has developed into one of the better centers in the conference, is averaging 14.3 points and a team-high 8.5 rebounds. He is also shoot-ing 47 percent from three-point range (8-17). Freshman forward Isaac Fotu is av-eraging 10.5 points and 7.1 rebounds per game and had his best game against CSUF, in which he scored 29 points and grabbed nine rebounds. The leading scorer on the team is ju-nior forward Christian Standhardinger with 14.9 points. He has also recorded 7.7 rebounds per game. Junior center Davis Rozitis has played some valuable minutes this year as the emotional leader of the team and provides energy every time he steps on the fl oor. Although he is averaging 8.1 minutes per game, he is second on the team in blocks with 11 and is essential in Hawai‘i’s zone defense, as he plays at the top of the zone. The Rainbow Warriors return to the Stan Sheriff Center this week in hopes of keeping their three-game home confer-ence winning streak alive as they host Pa-cifi c (9-7, 3-1 Big West) on Thursday and UC Davis (5-10, 1-3 BWC) on Saturday. Both games will begin at 7 p.m. and admis-sion is free to students with valid UH IDs.

Christian Standhardinger leads UH with six double-doubles this season.