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Julie Kjorsvik From: Obie OBrien Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 4:32 PM To: William Holmes Cc: Julie Kjorsvik; Doc Hansen Subject: RE: Marijuana William, Thanks for starting with the acknowledgement that the" Voters" have placed us in this untenable position of needing to take action in a way that meets the stated requirements of RCW 69.50,WAW 314-55,and 1-502, not accounting for the desires of our voters. The point is obviously that the decision about to have or not have has been made. My only area of action lies in how to protect our"rural character".The rest of your fine reference points are outside of my action lines. Your comments will be entered into the record as required by our practice and the appearance of fairness doctrine. Thanks for the note, Obie From: William Holmes Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 2:37 PM To: _Commissioners Cc: Judge Sparks Subject: Marijuana Dear Sirs: I appreciate that the citizens of Washington put you, our County leaders, in a difficult place by the passage of 1 502. 1 recognize the authority you have and the area(s) where you have decision making regarding implementation of 1 502 are limited. My position is also limited in what I may do while staying within my role in accordance with the Code of Judicial Conduct as specifically delineated in those Canons and the Opinions from the Ethics Advisory Committee. What l may do is provide information, with overriding concern for integrity and impartiality, to advance the administration of justice. The increased presence of marijuana may have harmful effects upon our community and to the extent its advertisement and presence can be limited it would be beneficial to those this department currently has responsibility for and our community. To that end, that of advancing the administration of justice, please be aware of the current concerns regarding the use of marijuana as reflected in our current Kittitas County Probation Services caseloads. Regarding the Juvenile Court Services Caseload: • For decades one of the top four or five criminal offense referrals to the Juvenile Court Services department is for Possession of Marijuana Less Than 40 grams. If criminal offense referrals for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia (which is almost always marijuana smoking devices) were added marijuana related behavior would normally be one of the very highest causes for criminal referral to this juvenile court. If possession of larger amounts than 40 grams and Intent to Deliver were included, marijuana effected offense referrals would likely be only topped by alcohol related offenses as a highest reason for criminal referrals. • The urinalyses results we see are usually well over 100 ng/ml. Yesterday's reports reviewed were for 162, 221 & 334 ng/ml. "5 ng/ml is the science-based limit to active THC blood concentration"to determine a new marijuana DUI standard. i