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The majority of drugs are imported. Drugs Inc s3e3: Hawaiian Ice, National Geographic 2012
Since the early ’90s Crystal Methamphetamine or Ice has flooded the Pacific chain of eight islands. ibid.
Mexican drug gangs now control 70% of the US Meth market. ibid.
58.8% of men arrested in Honolulu tested positive for Meth in 2011. ibid.
‘Meth is highly addictive. There’s no such thing as once.’ Drugs Inc s4e12: Going to Extremes, Steve
Hawaii ranks second in the US for Meth-related hospital admissions. ibid.
Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace. Paul Theroux
An island paradise teeming with life. But they soon found out this new-found wealth was exhaustible. Natural World s25e9: Hawaii: Message in the Waves, BBC 2017
Of all the ecosystems they depended on, the reef was the most important and the most fragile. ibid.
About a million residents but a further seven million people arrive each year for a few weeks in paradise. ibid.
‘Call some place paradise and kiss it goodbye, yeah?’ ibid.
Hawaiian society was as complex as its engineering projects … This hierarchical society produced a singular art form … Feather work had many applications, and today indigenous Hawaiians are still using this old technique. James Fox, Oceans Apart: Art and the Pacific s1e2: Polynesia, BBC 2018
In the waning days of summer 1931 the false calm of Honolulu, Hawaii, was shattered by a single allegation made by a 20-year-old Navy wife. American Experience: The Island Murder, PBS 2018
‘She says she was kidnapped … and raped six or seven times.’ ibid. dude
‘The death of an innocent young man.’ ibid. lady
The quiet whisper of the original lie grew to a clamorous din of power politics and racism … The story of the Navy wife and her alleged assailants. ibid.
‘They had him [Joseph Kahahawai] under threat of a gun and demanded that he confess. At a certain point one of them pulled the trigger and shot Joseph.’ ibid. dude
It made no sense to Darrow’s friends his defending Grace Fortescue … The $30,000 was too enticing. ibid.
Fortescue et al: Guilty. ibid.
After four days of pressure the governor finally caved, agreeing to reduce the sentence from ten years to one hour. ibid.
Hawaii Saturday January 13th 2018 8.07: Emergency Alert: Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek Immediate Shelter. This is not a drill. Storyville: On the Morning You Wake (To the End of the World), BBC 2022
There are still more than 14,000 nuclear weapons in the world. ibid.
Emergency Alerts … There is no threat or danger … ibid.
Hawaii: The US Navy stores 200 million gallons of in tanks buried 100 feet above O’ahu’s biggest aquifer. Known as Red Hill, the facility has leaked fuel regularly for decades. In November, leaked fuel was found in tap water at 350 times the safe limit. The Navy has tried to cover up the disaster which mainly poisoned military families. Abby Martin, The Empire Files: Hawaiians Fight US Navy for Polluting Island’s Water, Abby Martin online 2021
On December 12th 2021 native Hawaiians went to the gates of the US Navy Command. ibid.