Schweitzer will let medical marijuana reform bill become law

royalwulff said on: April 30, 2011, 1:03 am

This legislative session is nothing more than laughable. I cannot believe that these people actually claim to represent the citizens of this state. I have never been so embarrassed for elected officials.

Support MMJ or not, the way this was accomplished was very simply - wrong.

BTW, I generally lean to the right, and vote accordingly. I am a strong supporter of the second amendment. I am a veteran. I am a 4th generation Montanan. I also have a degree in Cell Biology and Neuroscience, along with advanced studies in pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, human physiology, and human pathophysiology, and the use and abuse of drugs. I work under a medical license from the State of Montana Board of Medical Examiners.

I have the knowledge, education, and experience to state - for a fact - that medical marijuana is an effective tool in managing a number of different medical problems.

Is the current system flawed? Yes. Is SB423 the answer? Absolutely not.

People need to wake up and realize that marijuana is a relatively benign substance that actually has a great deal of medicinal advantages.

By the logic of SB423, we should impose the same laws and restrictions on the bar and restaurant industry to curb the outrageous rate of 5th, 6th, 7th DUI offenders and - oh yeah - one of the highest rates of drunk driving fatalities in the country.

Test module hits wire, cuts power to 1,300 homes

Missoulian story.

Bert said on: April 12, 2011, 6:48 pm
Give me a break. First Conoco hits a rock wall and blocks traffic multiple times over an hour, and now Exxon shuts off power to 1,300 people and blocks traffic in both directions for an hour? If you listen to old Pius Rolheiser, though, as long as "nobody was hurt," the move was a success! Never mind the fact that the whole effort was a failure.

Seems the last time I violated a traffic law, I got a ticket that cost me a chunk of change. How come the rules are different for the world's wealthiest corporation? ITD says: "We don't like to levy fines right from the get-go or flat out deny people permits, but we do ask them to make changes." Someone remind me to tell that to the next police officer who pulls me over. I'm sure that will go over well.

According to Exxon and MDT, we're all just going to have to trust our luck with these megaloads. After all, according to Exxon, "No accidents are possible" - that's why they never made an emergency response plan, they told us at the Missoula public meeting.

The news from last night makes a mockery of the Missoulian's editorial board. "Ridiculous" - that's what they said about concerns related to public safety and our economy.

Right...