Focus Hawaii Peter Carlisle

Authors

• Peter Carlisle

Files

Description

This special Focus Hawaii episode presents a sobering and urgent public lecture by Peter Carlisle, then the Prosecuting Attorney for the City and County of Honolulu, addressing Hawai‘i’s escalating crisis of ICE (crystal methamphetamine) abuse. Drawing on law‑enforcement data, medical research, and graphic case studies, Carlisle explains why Hawai‘i leads the nation in meth use and arrests, detailing the drug’s extreme addictiveness, irreversible brain damage, psychosis, paranoia, and the heightened risk of violence during the “tweaking” phase. Through tragic real‑world cases—including those of Wayman Kaua and Frank Janto—the presentation illustrates how chronic meth use fuels homicides, hostage situations, and catastrophic harm to victims and communities. Carlisle concludes with a forceful call for systemic change, emphasizing early prevention, family stability, school‑based intervention, treatment reform, and legislative action, framing the meth epidemic as a public‑safety, public‑health, and moral emergency requiring immediate and sustained community involvement.

Length of Video

00:29:20

File Size

180.5MB

Archives Call Number

22.FH

Air Date

3-1-2003

Keywords

Focus Hawaii, Peter Carlisle, ICE epidemic Hawaii, crystal methamphetamine, drug abuse prevention, Hawaii public safety, law enforcement presentation, brain damage and addiction, methamphetamine psychosis, violent crime Hawaii, drug policy reform, community prevention programs, school intervention, criminal justice system Hawaii, public health crisis, substance abuse education.

Recommended Citation

Carlisle, Peter, "Focus Hawaii Peter Carlisle" (2003). Focus Hawaii. 35.
https://digitalcollections.byuh.edu/focushawaii/35