‘The study committee shall provide a report with findings and recommendations to the House of Representatives and the Senate by March 15, 2015, at which the study committee shall dissolve. The report must address, at a minimum, methods and procedures for cultivating medical marijuana in the State, the amount of tax to impose on the sale of medical marijuana, the need for an agriculture marketing plan for the sale and use of medical marijuana, and the impact of the sale and use of medical marijuana on public health and wellness.’

“Over the past three months, the study committee has held four public meetings, one each in Columbia, Charleston, Greenville and Florence. The committee has heard testimony and will report on the impact of medical marijuana on public health and wellness.’ A few citizens made comments at the hearings regarding (quoting from the law-enforcement officials’ letter) ‘possibly even recreational marijuana use’; however, the committee’s focus has been on and its report will be on the impact of marijuana for medical purposes only.